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The first parable of Balaam. - Second parable. Numbers 23:1. And Balaam said to Balak, Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams. To offer sacrifice to the omnipresent God. The number seven was considered sacred by many peoples of the East. Numbers 23:10. Who can number the sand of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my end be like theirs! "The number of the fourth part of Israel". Perhaps from the heights on which Valaam was located, the camp of only three Jewish tribes was visible. Numbers 23:14. And he took him to the place of the guards, to the top of Mount Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. “The place of the guards, on the top of Mount Pisgah” - in all likelihood a military outpost. According to some, it is a shepherd’s observation point over herds. Numbers 23:18. He spoke his parable and said: Arise, Balak, and listen, give ear to me, son of Zippor. “Arise” to listen to the word of almighty God (cf. Judges 3:20). Numbers 23:21. No trouble is seen in Jacob, and no trouble is seen in Israel; The Lord his God is with him, and the royal sound of the trumpet is with him; “He has a royal trumpet sound,” i.e.: Israel has a dominant position among other tribes and peoples. Numbers 23:22. God brought them out of Egypt, the speed of a unicorn was with him; “Unicorn”, in Hebrew. Reem is a wild bull. Numbers 23:23. there is no magic in Jacob and no divination in Israel. In due time they will say about Jacob and about Israel: this is what God is doing! Everything that was, is and will be strong, great and glorious in Israel is not the fruit of sorcery, but the action of Jehovah’s divine goodness in relation to His chosen people. Numbers 23:28. And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which faced the desert. Pegor is a mountainous hill not far from Pisgah. You might be interested in: