29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-30)Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would br…
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