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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 23, Verse 19

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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
King James Version
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?
American Standard Version
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?
New English Translation
God 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?
World English Bible
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will 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.
22
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23
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.
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
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And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.