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21 God saw no wrong in Jacob’s people.
    He saw no sin in the Israelites.
The Lord is their God,
    and he is with them.
    The Great King is with them!
22 God brought them out of Egypt.
    They are as strong as a wild ox.
23 There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob.
    There is no magic that can stop the Israelites.
People will say this about Jacob and the Israelites:
    ‘Look at the great things God did!’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:23 Or “There is no fortunetelling in Jacob, no magic in Israel. God tells them immediately what he plans to do.”

21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob,(A)
    no misery observed[a] in Israel.(B)
The Lord their God is with them;(C)
    the shout of the King(D) is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt;(E)
    they have the strength of a wild ox.(F)
23 There is no divination against[b] Jacob,
    no evil omens(G) against[c] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’

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Footnotes

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