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Numbers 23:14-24

14So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15And Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there.

16Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

17When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

18Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?

20Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.

22God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.

23For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!’

24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

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