Numbers 23:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Numbers 23:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 23:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 23:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.””

Numbers 23:4 — World English Bible

Numbers 23:4 ASV — 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.”

Numbers 23:4 — American Standard Version

Numbers 23:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;'”

Numbers 23:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 23:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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.”

Numbers 23:4 — Darby Translation

Numbers 23:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And God met Balaam, and Balaam sayd vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and haue offred vpon euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.”

Numbers 23:4 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 23:4 in Context — Numbers 23

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

4 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.

5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

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What Does Numbers 23:4 Mean?

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