Balaam’s Second Oracle: God’s Faithfulness

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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

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God 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?

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Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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He 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.

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God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

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Surely 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!

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Behold, 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.

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And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

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