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Numbers 23:17
“He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?”
Verse in context — Numbers 23
15
He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
16
Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this.
17
He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?
18
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
19
God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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