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Numbers 23:17

BalakMoabMoab

15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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BSB
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
KJV
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?
WEB
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 the LORD spoken?”
ASV
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?
DARBY
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
BLB
And he came to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has YHWH spoken?”
ÅB
Da han kom til ham, så han ham stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med Moabs høvdinger; og Balak sa til ham: Hva har Herren talt?
OTB
Bileam vendte tilbake til Balak, som sto ved sitt offer sammen med Moabs ledere. Balak spurte: «Hva har Herren talt?»
B1930
Da han kom til ham, så han ham stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med Moabs høvdinger; og Balak sa til ham: Hvad har Herren talt?

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  • Numbers 23:26

    But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

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  • Jeremiah 37:17

    Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

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  • 1 Samuel 3:17

    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

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