Numbers 23:1

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Balaam’s First Oracle.^[a] ¹Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven oxen and seven rams for me.”

Numbers 23:1 The story of Balaam is told here chiefly in order to bring in the oracles of blessing. What is reported here is certainly very ancient traditions, comparable to the blessings of Jacob (Gen 49) and of Moses (Deut 33).

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