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"God is not a man, that He would lie, Nor a son of man, that He would change His mind; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

"He has not looked at misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the joyful shout of a king is among them.

"God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

"For there is no magic curse against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."

And Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

The declaration of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,

"God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones, And smash them with his arrows.

The declaration of him who hears the words of God, And knows the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered:

Then he took up his discourse and said, "Oh, who can live unless God has ordained it?

and it shall be for him and for his descendants after him, a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.'"

"May the LORD, the God of the spirits of humanity, appoint a man over the congregation,

"The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number.

'May the LORD, the God of your fathers increase you a thousand times more than you are, and bless you, just as He has promised you!

"Then we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness that you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the LORD our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

"And I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is about to give us.

'See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.'

"And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us. They also brought us back a report and said, 'The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.'

"Yet you were unwilling to go up; instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God;