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17 So Balaam went to Balak. He found him standing beside his offering. The Moabite officials were with him. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

18 Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,

“Balak, rise up and listen.
    Son of Zippor, hear me.
19 God isn’t a mere human. He can’t lie.
    He isn’t a human being. He doesn’t change his mind.
He speaks, and then he acts.
    He makes a promise, and then he keeps 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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