Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Numbers 23:18
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Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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Numbers 23
16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
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