18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? 20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Numbers 23:18–20
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Numbers 23:7–9
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Numbers 22:37–39
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Numbers 23:11–13
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Numbers 23:25–27
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Numbers 24:22–24
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