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Numbers 23:13-26

13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder. 16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. 17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken? 18And he took up his parable, and said,

Rise up, Balak, and hear;Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:19God is not a man, that he should lie,Neither the son of man, that he should repent:Hath he said, and will he not do it?Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?20Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless:And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob;Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:Jehovah his God is with him,And the shout of a king is among them.22God bringeth them forth out of Egypt;He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;Neither is there any divination with Israel:Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel,What hath God wrought!24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness,And as a lion doth he lift himself up:He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,And drink the blood of the slain.

25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

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