That night, God came to Balaam. God said, “These men have come again to ask you to go with them. So you can go with them. But do only the things that I tell you to do.”
Numbers 23:4 - Easy To Read Version God came to Balaam at that place. And Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars. [290] And I have killed a bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God met Balaam, who said to Him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram. American Standard Version (1901) And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. Common English Bible God granted Balaam an appearance. Balaam said to him, “I have arranged seven altars and I have sacrificed a bull and a ram on each altar.” Catholic Public Domain Version And after he had quickly departed, God met with him. And Balaam, speaking to him, said: "I have set up seven altars, and I have placed a calf and a ram on each." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on every one a calf and a ram. |
That night, God came to Balaam. God said, “These men have come again to ask you to go with them. So you can go with them. But do only the things that I tell you to do.”
Balaam said, “Build seven altars [288] here. And prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then the Lord told Balaam to go back to Balak and say those things.
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here near this altar. [289] I will go to another place. Then the Lord will come to me, and he will tell me what I must say.” Then Balaam went away to a higher place.
Then the Lord told Balaam what he should say. Then the Lord said, “Go back to Balak and say these things that I have given you to say.”
The workers said, ‘Those people were hired last and worked only one hour. But you paid them the same as us. And we worked hard all day in the hot sun.’
\{I am good;\} I fast {\cf2\super [287]} twice a week, and I give one-tenth of everything I earn!’
People will make you leave their synagogues. {\cf2\super [222]} Yes, a time is coming when people will think that killing you would be doing service for God.
So do we have a reason to boast about ourselves? No! And why not? It is the way of faith that stops all boasting, not the way of following the law.
No! You are not saved by the things you have done. So no person can boast \{that he saved himself\}.