Then Balaam said to King Balak,“ Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里给我筑七座坛，为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”

巴兰对巴勒说：“你要在这里为我筑七座坛，又要在这里为我预备七头公牛、七只公羊。”

巴兰对巴勒说：“你要在这里为我筑七座坛，又要在这里为我预备七头公牛、七只公羊。”

巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里为我筑七座祭坛，预备七头公牛和七只公绵羊。”

巴兰对巴勒说：“你要在这里给我筑七座祭坛，给我预备七头公牛，七只公绵羊。”

巴蘭對巴勒說：「你在這裏給我築七座壇，為我預備七隻公牛，七隻公羊。」

巴蘭對巴勒說：「你要在這裏為我築七座壇，又要在這裏為我預備七頭公牛、七隻公羊。」

巴蘭對巴勒說：「你要在這裏為我築七座壇，又要在這裏為我預備七頭公牛、七隻公羊。」

巴蘭對巴勒說：「你在這裡為我築七座祭壇，預備七頭公牛和七隻公綿羊。」

巴蘭對巴勒說：“你要在這裡給我築七座祭壇，給我預備七頭公牛，七隻公綿羊。”

巴蘭對巴勒說：『你在這裏給我築七座祭壇，在這裏給我豫備七隻公牛、七隻公綿羊。』

巴蘭謂巴勒曰、爾於此築壇七、備牡牛七、牡綿羊七、

巴蘭謂巴勒曰、當於此築壇七、備牛七、羊七、

巴蘭謂巴勒曰、爾在此為我建祭臺七、備犢七、羊七、

Balaam said,“ Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Balaam said to Balak,“ Build me seven altars here. Prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

And Balaam said to Balak,“ Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

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

Then Balaam said to Balak,“ Build me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

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

Balaam said to Balak,“ Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

Balaam said to Balak,“ Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”

Balaam again told Balak,“ Build me seven altars, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

“ What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the Lord.“ I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, and seven male lambs as a burnt offering, together with seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the Temple, and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to sacrifice the animals on the altar of the Lord.

“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, consisting of seven young bulls and seven rams without defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering.

The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but he delights in the prayers of the upright.

So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

“ On the seventh day of the festival, sacrifice seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one year old male lambs, all with no defects.

“ But perhaps you will say to me,‘ We are trusting in the Lord our God!’ But isn’t he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn’t Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?

What sorrow awaits them! For they follow in the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they deceive people for money. And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion.

But Samuel replied,“ What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

“ Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7 1/2 feet wide, 7 1/2 feet long, and 4 1/2 feet high.Make horns for each of its four corners so that the horns and altar are all one piece. Overlay the altar with bronze.Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze.Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.Install the grating halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.For carrying the altar, make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.Insert the poles through the rings on the two sides of the altar.The altar must be hollow, made from planks. Build it just as you were shown on the mountain.

“ Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me— your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.

I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.