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Num. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
met
qarah (Hebrew #7136)
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
KJV usage: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
Balaam
Bil`am (Hebrew #1109)
not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Balaam, Bileam.
Pronounce: bil-awm'
Origin: probably from 1077 and 5971
: and he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, I have prepared
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
altars
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
, and I have offered
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
upon every altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
a bullock
par (Hebrew #6499)
from 6565; a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
KJV usage: (+ young) bull(-ock), calf, ox.
Pronounce: par
Origin: or par {pawr}
and a ram
'ayil (Hebrew #352)
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
KJV usage: mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
Pronounce: ah'-yil
Origin: from the same as 193
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Num. 23:16• 16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. (Num. 23:16)

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Altar,
Balaam,
Bull; Bullock,
God,
Ram,
Seven

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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God.
Num. 23:16• 16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. (Num. 23:16)
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Num. 22:9,20• 9And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
 20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. (Num. 22:9,20)
I have prepared.
Num. 23:1• 1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. (Num. 23:1)
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Isa. 58:3‑4• 3Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
 4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. (Isa. 58:3‑4)
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Matt. 20:12• 12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. (Matt. 20:12)
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Luke 18:12• 12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. (Luke 18:12)
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John 16:2• 2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (John 16:2)
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Rom. 3:27• 27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. (Rom. 3:27)
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Eph. 2:9• 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph. 2:9)
• {v.4-5} Elohim came to meet him. God restrains and hinders on the behalf of His people all power of the enemy, and causes Balaam to say what He wishes to be said. (“Numbers 22-25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar.