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Numbers 23:17

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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?”

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Numbers 23:17 in other translations

And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

Numbers 23:17 · American Standard Version

Numbers 23:17 in context

  1. 15He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.”
  2. 16Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
  3. 17He 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?”
  4. 18He took up his parable, and said,
    “Rise up, Balak, and hear!
    Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
  5. 19God is not a man, that he should lie,
    nor a 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?