Bible verse
I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Numbers 23:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 23.
16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
17 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?
20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
23 For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
24 Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
KJV
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
ASV
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
ERV
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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