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God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?

He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!

Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.

And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:

It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

He says, whose ear is open to the words of God, who has knowledge of the Most High, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down and having his eyes open:

Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this?

And by this agreement, he and his sons after him have the right to be priests for ever; because, by his care for the honour of his God, he took away the sin of the children of Israel.

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,

The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have been long enough in this mountain:

The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.

See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up: