Numbers 23:29 (YLT)

Passage

and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven altars, and make ready for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven bullocks and seven rams;'

Nearby Context

Numbers 23:27 And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.'

Numbers 23:28 And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

Numbers 23:29 and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven altars, and make ready for me in this <FI>place<Fi> seven bullocks and seven rams;'

Numbers 23:30 and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And Balak taketh Balaam to the top..." into verse 30's "and Balak doth as Balaam said and...", so "balaam" and "saith" belong inside that flow. 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 "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.