Numbers 23:1 (KJV)

Passage

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

Nearby Context

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

Numbers 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Numbers 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

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 spoken...", 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.