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Numbers 23:1

Numbers 23:1

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Build me: Numbers 23:29; Ezekiel 33:31; Jude 1:11

seven altars: Exodus 20:24, Exodus 27:1-8; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Kings 18:22; Psalms 50:8-9; Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 1:11-15; Matthew 23:14

seven oxen: Numbers 29:32; 1 Chronicles 15:26; 2 Chronicles 29:21; Job 42:8; Ezekiel 45:23

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