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Numbers 24:23
Numbers 24:23 is verse 23 of Numbers chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
World English Bible
He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
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Numbers 24:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
23 Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
25 Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 23:23For 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!’
2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.