18 Then he took up his oracle and said:

(A)“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor!

19 “God(B) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (C)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(D)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 “He(E) has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen [a]wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
(F)And the shout of a King is among them.
22 (G)God brings them out of Egypt;
He has (H)strength like a wild ox.

23 “For there is no [b]sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any [c]divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, (I)what God has done!’
24 Look, a people rises (J)like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
(K)It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:21 trouble
  2. Numbers 23:23 enchantment
  3. Numbers 23:23 fortune-telling

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