Numbers 23:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
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."
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Definitions for Numbers 23:4
Barnes's Numbers 23:4 Bible Commentary
God met Balaam - God served His own purposes through the arts of Balaam, and manifested His will through the agencies employed to seek it, dealing thus with Balaam in an exceptional manner. To God's own people auguries were forbidden Leviticus 19:26.
I have prepared seven altars - And therefore Balaam expected that God on His part would do what was desired by the donor; compare Numbers 22:15 note.