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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 23, Verse 15

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And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
King James Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
American Standard Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.
New English Translation
And Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.”
World English Bible
He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder."
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And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
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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 shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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Behold, I have received [commandment] to 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: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.
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God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
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Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: 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.