18. And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
19. God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
20. Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
22. God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.