26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, …
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-29)All things being got ready for the carrying of the ark to the city of David, and its reception there, we have here an account of the solemnity of this conveyance thither from the house of Obed-edom. I. God helped the Levites that carried it. The ark was no very great burden, that those who carried it needed any extraordinary help. But, 1. It is good to take notice of the assistance of the divine p…
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