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Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute any accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants, and their righteousness is from Me.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Numbers 22:18-20
But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak,“ If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the Lord my God to do anything small or great.Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”God came to Balaam at night and said to him,“ Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
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Deuteronomy 23:5
Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
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Numbers 22:11-12
‘ Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”Then God said to Balaam,“ You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
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Numbers 24:5-10
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.They stretch out like river valleys, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the Lord has planted, like cedars beside the water.Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will be by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.God brought him out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them. He will feed on enemy nations and gnaw their bones; he will strike them with his arrows.He crouches, he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse you will be cursed.Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him,“ I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.
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Numbers 23:15-26
Balaam said to Balak,“ Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said,“ Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him,“ What did the Lord say?”Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?I have indeed received a command to bless; since He has blessed, I cannot change it.He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.God brought them out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,“ What great things God has done!”A people rise up like a lioness; They rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain.Then Balak told Balaam,“ Don’t curse them and don’t bless them!”But Balaam answered him,“ Didn’t I tell you: Whatever the Lord says, I must do?”
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Numbers 23:3-12
Balaam said to Balak,“ Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord will meet with me. I will tell you whatever He reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.God met with him and Balaam said to Him,“ I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“ Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:“ Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel!”How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered the dust clouds of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.“ What have you done to me?” Balak asked Balaam.“ I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them!”He answered,“ Shouldn’t I say exactly what the Lord puts in my mouth?”
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Numbers 22:35
Then the Angel of the Lord said to Balaam,“ Go with the men, but you are to say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.
