Numbers 23:18-24

Balaam's second prophetic message. This consists of eleven, or (see on Numbers 23:23) more probably ten, couplets. Balaam declares that God will never change His mind (as Balak had thought, Numbers 23:13), and that He had bidden him to bless and not curse (Numbers 23:18; Numbers 23:18). Israel is without calamity, and is victorious (Numbers 23:21). God brings him triumphantly from Egypt, and all men must tell of His doings (Numbers 23:22 a, Numbers 23:23; Numbers 23:23 b). Israel is as strong as the wild ox, and as fierce as a lion (Numbers 23:22 b, Numbers 23:24; Numbers 23:24).