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17 So Balaam returned to where Balak stood waiting next to the burnt offerings along with the Moabite officials.

Balak (to Balaam): What did the Eternal say?

18 And Balaam recited His words.

Balaam: Listen up, Balak, and attend to these words:
        Hear, son of Zippor, what God has to say to you.
19     God is not a man—He doesn’t lie.
        God isn’t the son of a man to want to take back what He’s said,
    Or say something and not follow through,
        or speak and not act on it.

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17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials.(A) Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

18 Then he spoke his message:(B)

“Arise, Balak, and listen;
    hear me, son of Zippor.(C)
19 God is not human,(D) that he should lie,(E)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(F)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(G) and not fulfill?

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