Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'

19God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?

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Cross References

Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber. And Ehud said: 'I have a message from God unto thee.' And he arose out of his seat.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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