He took up his parable, and said,
“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 23:18 in context
Numbers 23:15–21
15
He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”
16
The LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
17
He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
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He took up his parable, and said,
“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19
God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said, and he won’t do it?
Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good?
20
Behold, I have received a command to bless.
He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
21
He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.
Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel.
The LORD his God is with him.
The shout of a king is among them.
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