KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 23:4–5
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Numbers 23:4
4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
4And God met Balaam, and he said vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and I haue offered vpon euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.
Numbers 23:5
5And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
5And the LORD put a word in Balaams mouth, and said, Returne vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 23:4
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Presented for acceptance or rejection; presented in worship or sacrifice; or set before the eye or mind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A young bull or male of cattle.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 23:5
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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Open the full verse study9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Open the full verse study12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
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Open the full verse study3¶ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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Open the full verse study2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
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Open the full verse study12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
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Open the full verse study20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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Open the full verse study9And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
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Open the full verse study1AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
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Open the full verse study27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
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Open the full verse study9Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
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Open the full verse study16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
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Open the full verse study21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
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Open the full verse study16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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Open the full verse study51And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
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Open the full verse study12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
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Open the full verse study20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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Open the full verse study35And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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Open the full verse study1THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
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Open the full verse study9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
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