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Numbers 23:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. "
Numbers 23:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say
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From This Chapter
Numbers 23:1
"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."
Numbers 23:2
"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."
Numbers 23:3
"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place."
Numbers 23:4
"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram."
Numbers 23:5
"And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."
Numbers 23:6
"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab."
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