Numbers 23:20 — Meaning and Application

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“Behold, I have received {commandment} to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.”

Numbers 23:20

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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

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?

Behold, I have received {commandment} to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God {is} with him, and the shout of a king {is} among them.

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

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Numbers 23:1

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."

Numbers 23:2

"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on {every} altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:3

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. {to an...: or, solitary}"

Numbers 23:4

"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon {every} altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:5

"And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."

Numbers 23:6

"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab."

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