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New International Version NIV
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
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Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
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So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, “What did the LORD say?”
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
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Then he spoke his message: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good
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God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
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