15. Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”
16. The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”
17. 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? ”
18. Balaam proclaimed his poem:Balak, get up and listen;son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!
19. 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?