Numbers 23:1 meaning and explanation

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

Numbers 23:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Balak, king of Moab, has hired the diviner Balaam to curse Israel, and here Balaam directs the first of three attempts. Seven altars and seven bulls and rams match the pattern of a costly, complete offering, and the number seven carries the sense of fullness throughout Scripture.

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