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Num. 23:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

And Balaam said unto Balakv, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

Num. 23:29• ²⁹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. (Num. 23:29)

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Cross References

1-6: Balak's sacrifices.

7-12: Balaam's parables.

13-17: Balak's sacrifices.

18-24: Balaam's parables.

25-30: Balak's sacrifices.

Build me.

Num. 23:29• ²⁹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. (Num. 23:29)

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Ezek. 33:31• ³¹And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezek. 33:31)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

seven altars.

Ex. 20:24• ²⁴An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. (Ex. 20:24)

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Ex. 27:1‑8• ¹And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
²And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
³And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
⁴And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
⁵And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
⁶And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
⁷And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
⁸Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. (Ex. 27:1‑8)

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1 Sam. 15:22• ²²And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Sam. 15:22)

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2 Kings 18:22• ²²But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? (2 Kings 18:22)

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Psa. 50:8‑9• ⁸I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
⁹I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. (Psa. 50:8‑9)

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Prov. 15:8• ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. (Prov. 15:8)

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Isa. 1:11‑15• ¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
¹²When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
¹³Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
¹⁵And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:11‑15)

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Matt. 23:14• ¹⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (Matt. 23:14)

seven oxen.

Num. 29:32• ³²And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: (Num. 29:32)

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1 Chron. 15:26• ²⁶And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. (1 Chron. 15:26)

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2 Chron. 29:21• ²¹And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord. (2 Chron. 29:21)

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Job 42:8• ⁸Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. (Job 42:8)

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Ezek. 45:23• ²³And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. (Ezek. 45:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.