Numbers 23:18 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 23:18

16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and ^aput a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

18 Then he took up his oracle and said:
^a“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor!

19 “God^a is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He ^bsaid, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
^aHe has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 “He^a has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen¹ wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
^bAnd the shout of a King is among them.

22 ^aGod brings them out of Egypt;
He has ^bstrength like a wild ox.

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Interlinear Bible for Numbers 23:18:

And he took up
nasa' (#5375) his parable,
mashal (#4912) and said,
'amar (#559) Rise up,
quwm (#6965) Balak,
Balaq (#1111) and hear;
shama` (#8085) hearken
'azan (#238) unto
`ad (#5704) me, thou son
ben (#1121) of Zippor:
Tsippowr (#6834)

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