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17 So Balaam went to Balak. Balak and the leaders of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

18 Then Balaam gave this message:

“Stand up, Balak, and listen.
    Hear me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man. He will not lie.
    God is not a human being. He does not change his mind.
What he says he will do, he does.
    What he promises, he keeps.

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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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