Numbers 23:1

God's Word

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:22

Suppose you tell me, “We’re trusting the Lord our God.” He’s the god whose places of worship and altars Hezekiah got rid of. He told Judah and Jerusalem, “Worship at this altar in Jerusalem.” ’

1 Chronicles 15:26

Because God helped the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s promise, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

2 Chronicles 29:21

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as an offering for sin for the kingdom, the holy place, and Judah. Hezekiah told the priests, Aaron’s descendants, to sacrifice the animals on the Lord’s altar.

Job 42:8

So take seven young bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job, and make a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. Then I will accept his prayer not to treat you as godless fools. After all, you didn’t speak what is right about me as my servant Job has done.”

Exodus 20:24

“You must build an altar for me made out of dirt. Sacrifice your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, your sheep, goats, and cattle on it. Wherever I choose to have my name remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

Proverbs 15:8

A sacrifice brought by wicked people is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayers of decent people please him.

Ezekiel 33:31

Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they don’t do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.

Ezekiel 45:23

Every day during the seven days of the festival, he must prepare burnt offerings for the Lord: seven young bulls that have no defects, seven rams that have no defects, and one male goat as an offering for sin.

Numbers 22:41

The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the Israelites’ camp.

Numbers 23:2

Balak did what Balaam told him, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:29

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Numbers 23:30

Balak did what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 29:32

“On the seventh day bring 7 bulls, 2 rams, and 14 one-year-old lambs that have no defects.

Matthew 23:13

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.

Jude 1:11

How horrible it will be for them! They have followed the path of Cain. They have rushed into Balaam’s error to make a profit. They have rebelled like Korah and destroyed themselves.

1 Samuel 15:22

Then Samuel said, “Is the Lord as delighted with burnt offerings and sacrifices as he would be with your obedience? To follow instructions is better than to sacrifice. To obey is better than sacrificing the fat of rams.