Numbers 23:4
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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 everyone a calf and a ram.

Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

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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 everyone a calf and a ram.

God

Numbers 23:16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

Numbers 22:9,20 What mean these men that are with thee? . . .

I have prepared

Numbers 23:1 And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.

Isaiah 58:3,4 Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors. . . .

Matthew 20:12 Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

Luke 18:12 I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God.

Romans 3:27 Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.

Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, that no man may glory.

Context
Balaam's First Oracle
3And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee. 4And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.…
Lexicon
and God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

met
וַיִּקָּ֥ר (way·yiq·qār)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers

with
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

him.
בִּלְעָ֑ם (bil·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1109: Balaam -- a prophet

“I have set up
עָרַ֔כְתִּי (‘ā·raḵ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order

seven
שִׁבְעַ֤ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

altars,”
הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙ (ham·miz·bə·ḥōṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

Balaam said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“and on each altar
בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (bam·miz·bê·aḥ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

I have offered
וָאַ֛עַל (wā·’a·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

a bull
פָּ֥ר (pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6499: Young bull, steer

and a ram.”
וָאַ֖יִל (wā·’a·yil)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree


Additional Translations
and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

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.

And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

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.

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.

And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

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."

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;'
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