Numbers 23:17-19

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¹⁷When he came to him, he was standing beside his burnt offerings with the officials of Moab. Balak said to him, “What has the Lord said?” ¹⁸Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying:

“Rise, Balak, and hear;
    listen to me, O son of Zippor:
¹⁹God is not a human being, that he should lie,
    or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
Has he promised, and will he not do it?
    Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

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