“But when you say to me, ‘We trust in יהוה our Elohim,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Ḥ
Numbers 23:1 - The Scriptures 1998 And Bilʽ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND BALAAM said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. American Standard Version (1901) And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. Common English Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams. |
“But when you say to me, ‘We trust in יהוה our Elohim,’ is it not He whose high places and whose altars Ḥ
And they brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the reign, for the set-apart place, and for Yehuḏ
‘Make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall slaughter on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I shall come to you and bless you.
The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.
“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.
“And during the seven days of the festival he prepares a burnt offering to יהוה, seven bulls and seven rams, perfect ones, daily for seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.
‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, perfect ones,
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ