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Numbers 23:19-30
New International Version
Numbers 23:19-30
New International Version
19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(E)
he has blessed,(F) and I cannot change it.(G)
21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(H)
no misery observed[a] in Israel.(I)
The Lord their God is with them;(J)
the shout of the King(K) is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;(L)
they have the strength of a wild ox.(M)
23 There is no divination against[b] Jacob,
no evil omens(N) against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
24 The people rise like a lioness;(O)
they rouse themselves like a lion(P)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
and drinks the blood(Q) of its victims.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26 Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”(R)
Balaam’s Third Message
27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me take you to another place.(S) Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me(T) from there.” 28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(U) overlooking the wasteland.
29 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” 30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(V)
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found
- Numbers 23:23 Or in
- Numbers 23:23 Or in
Numbers 23:19-30
King James Version
Numbers 23:19-30
King James Version
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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