Discovery BoxNumbers 23:1 
ContextBalaam Blesses Israel
23:1 1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Numbers 23:29
Context23:29 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”
Numbers 32:24
Context32:24 So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said 2 you would do.”
1 sn The first part of Balaam’s activity ends in disaster for Balak – he blesses Israel. The chapter falls into four units: the first prophecy (vv. 1-10), the relocation (vv. 11-17), the second prophecy (vv. 18-24), and a further location (vv. 25-30).
2 tn Heb “that which goes out/has gone out of your mouth.”
