^4 (A)and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”

¹⁶ And the Lord met Balaam and ^(A)put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”

^9 (A)not a result of works, ^(B)so that no one may boast.

^12 (A)I fast twice a week; ^(B)I give tithes of all that I get.’

^27 (A)Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.

^2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^(B)the hour is coming when ^(C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

¹² saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and ^(A)the scorching heat.’

Balaam's First Oracle

23 And Balaam said to Balak, ^(A)“Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

^20 (A)And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; ^(B)but only do what I tell you.”