Numbers 23:17-19

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¹⁷And he came to him, and lo, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?” ¹⁸And Balaam took up his discourse, and said,

“Rise, Balak, and hear;
    hearken to me, O son of Zippor:
¹⁹God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

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