Numbers 23:1 (DBY)

Passage

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Nearby Context

Numbers 23:1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Numbers 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.

Numbers 23:3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "balaam", "said", "balak", "build", "here", "seven", "altars", and "prepare". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "balaam" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Balak did as Balaam had said...", so "balaam" and "said" should be read forward into that movement. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "balaam" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.