Numbers 23:18-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 Balaam proclaimed his poem:
Balak, get up and listen;
son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!
19 God is not a man who lies,
or a son of man who changes His mind.
Does He speak and not act,
or promise and not fulfill?(A)
20 I have indeed received a command to bless;
since He has blessed,[a] I cannot change it.
21 He considers no disaster for Jacob;
He sees no trouble for Israel.[b]
The Lord their God is with them,(B)
and there is rejoicing over the King among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.[c](C)
23 There is no magic curse against Jacob
and no divination against Israel.
It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,
“What great things God has done!”
24 A people rise up like a lioness;
They rouse themselves like a lion.(D)
They will not lie down until they devour the prey
and drink the blood of the slain.
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:20 Sam, LXX read since I will bless
- Numbers 23:21 Or not observe sin in Jacob; not see wrongdoing
- Numbers 23:22 Or Egypt; they have the horns of a wild ox
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