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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.
20 He told me to bless them.
    So I cannot change the blessing.
21 He has found no wrong in the people of Jacob.
    He saw no fault in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them.
    They praise their King.

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(E)
    he has blessed,(F) and I cannot change it.(G)

21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(H)
    no misery observed[a] in Israel.(I)
The Lord their God is with them;(J)
    the shout of the King(K) is among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:21 Or He has not looked on Jacob’s offenses / or on the wrongs found