What Does God Want Me to Do Next?

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Rescue Breaths

Art in Scripture: Be Anxious for Nothing

Leading Wholeheartedly

Season of Renewal

The Lord Speaks to Samuel

One New Humanity: Mission in Ephesians

FruitFULL : Living Out the Fruit of the Spirit - From Theory to Practice

Psalm 2 - Reimagining Power

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      <div class="chapter ch37" data-usfm="PSA.37.32+PSA.37.33+PSA.37.34+PSA.37.35+PSA.37.36+PSA.37.37+PSA.37.38+PSA.37.39+PSA.37.40">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.37.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.37.32"><span class="content">intent on putting them to death;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.37.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.37.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will not leave them in the power of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.37.33"><span class="content">or let them be condemned when brought to trial.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.37.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.37.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.37.34"><span class="content">and keep his way.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.37.34"><span class="content">He will exalt you to inherit the land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.37.34"><span class="content">when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.37.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.37.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">I have seen a wicked and ruthless man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.37.35"><span class="content">flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.37.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.37.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">but he soon passed away and was no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.37.36"><span class="content">though I looked for him, he could not be found.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.37.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.37.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Consider the blameless, observe the upright;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.37.37"><span class="content">a future awaits those who seek peace.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:37 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.37.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.37.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">But all sinners will be destroyed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.37.38"><span class="content">there will be no future</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">posterity</span></span></span><span class="content"> for the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.37.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.37.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The salvation of the righteous comes from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.37.39"><span class="content">he is their stronghold in time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.37.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.37.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> helps them and delivers them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.37.40"><span class="content">he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.37.40"><span class="content">because they take refuge in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.6.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="LUK.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He also told them this parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="LUK.6.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="LUK.6.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother&#8217;s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.6.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How can you say to your brother, &#8216;Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,&#8217; when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother&#8217;s eye.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Tree and Its Fruit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="LUK.6.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="LUK.6.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="LUK.6.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Wise and Foolish Builders</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="LUK.6.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why do you call me, &#8216;Lord, Lord,&#8217; and do not do what I say?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch7" data-usfm="LUK.7.1+LUK.7.2+LUK.7.3+LUK.7.4+LUK.7.5+LUK.7.6+LUK.7.7+LUK.7.8+LUK.7.9+LUK.7.10">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There a centurion&#8217;s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, &#8220;This man deserves to have you do this, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Jesus went with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.7.6"><span class="content">He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, &#8216;Go,&#8217; and he goes; and that one, &#8216;Come,&#8217; and he comes. I say to my servant, &#8216;Do this,&#8217; and he does it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch22" data-usfm="NUM.22.21+NUM.22.22+NUM.22.23+NUM.22.24+NUM.22.25+NUM.22.26+NUM.22.27+NUM.22.28+NUM.22.29+NUM.22.30+NUM.22.31+NUM.22.32+NUM.22.33+NUM.22.34+NUM.22.35+NUM.22.36+NUM.22.37+NUM.22.38+NUM.22.39+NUM.22.40+NUM.22.41">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the Moabite officials. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam&#8217;s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the donkey saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> opened the donkey&#8217;s mouth, and it said to Balaam, &#8220;What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Balaam answered the donkey, &#8220;You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.22.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The donkey said to Balaam, &#8220;Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.22.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> opened Balaam&#8217;s eyes, and he saw the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.22.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.22.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> asked him, &#8220;Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:32 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.22.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.22.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.22.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Balaam said to the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.22.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.22.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Balaam, &#8220;Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.&#8221; So Balaam went with Balak&#8217;s officials.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.22.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.22.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.22.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn&#8217;t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.22.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.22.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">&#8220;Well, I have come to you now,&#8221; Balaam replied. &#8220;But I can&#8217;t say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.22.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.22.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.22.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.22.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he could see the outskirts of the Israelite camp.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch23" data-usfm="NUM.23.1+NUM.23.2+NUM.23.3+NUM.23.4+NUM.23.5+NUM.23.6+NUM.23.7+NUM.23.8+NUM.23.9+NUM.23.10+NUM.23.11+NUM.23.12+NUM.23.13+NUM.23.14+NUM.23.15+NUM.23.16+NUM.23.17+NUM.23.18+NUM.23.19+NUM.23.20+NUM.23.21+NUM.23.22+NUM.23.23+NUM.23.24+NUM.23.25+NUM.23.26">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Balaam said, &#8220;Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.&#8221; Then he went off to a barren height.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God met with him, and Balaam said, &#8220;I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put a word in Balaam&#8217;s mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Balaam spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Balak brought me from Aram,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Come,&#8217; he said, &#8216;curse Jacob for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">come, denounce Israel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">How can I curse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom God has not cursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">How can I denounce</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has not denounced?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the rocky peaks I see them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">from the heights I view them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">I see a people who live apart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">and do not consider themselves one of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who can count the dust of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">or number even a fourth of Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">Let me die the death of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">and may my final end be like theirs!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Must I not speak what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> puts in my mouth?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Second Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to him, &#8220;Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, &#8220;What did the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, Balak, and listen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">hear me, son of Zippor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God is not human, that he should lie,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">not a human being, that he should change his mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he speak and then not act?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he promise and not fulfill?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have received a command to bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="content">he has blessed, and I cannot change it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;No misfortune is seen in Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">no misery observed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He has not looked on Jacob&#8217;s offenses / or on the wrongs found</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God is with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">the shout of the King is among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God brought them out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="content">they have the strength of a wild ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">There is no divination against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">no evil omens against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">It will now be said of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">and of Israel, &#8216;See what God has done!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The people rise like a lioness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">they rouse themselves like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">that does not rest till it devours its prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">and drinks the blood of its victims.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Balaam answered, &#8220;Did I not tell you I must do whatever the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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