They lavish gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith so he makes a god. They bow down. Yes, they worship it.
Numbers 23:14 - Tree of Life Version He took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah. He built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So he took Balaam into the field of Zophim to the top of [Mount] Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. American Standard Version (1901) And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. Common English Bible He took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah. He built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had led him to a lofty place, on the top of mount Pisgah, Balaam built seven altars, and placing upon each a calf and a ram, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram, |
They lavish gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith so he makes a god. They bow down. Yes, they worship it.
I also spoke through the prophets and I multiplied visions. Now through the prophets I will make parables.
and from Bamoth to the valley in the field of Moab where the peak of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
Then Balak said to him, “Come now with me to another place where you can see a part of them only, not all of them. Curse them for me from there.”
“Stay here beside your offering,” he said to Balak, “while I am meeting over there.”
Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”
Go up to the top of Pisgah, look around to the west and the north and the south and the east, and see with your eyes—for you will not cross over this Jordan.
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. Adonai showed him all the land—Gilead to Dan,
and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, as far as the sea of the Arabah , under the slopes of Pisgah.