Numbers 23
HALLNumbers 23:9
From the tops of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
I am set upon this high rock and mountain; on purpose, that, upon the sight of Israel, I might curse him: I do indeed behold him, but I have no power to curse him. Lo, this people shall be an entire nation within themselves; and shall be a peculiar people, severed and set apart to God, from all other nations upon earth.
Numbers 23:10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel?
This people shall, through the blessing of God, so multiply, that a man may as soon count the several moats of dust on the whole face of the earth, as reckon their number; yea, one of
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent.
God hath already spoken a word of blessing, and hath accordingly decreed a large benediction for Israel; do not therefore hope vainly, that he will, upon any entreaty, reverse his word, and do contrary to what he hath determined and revealed.
Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath seen perverseness in Israel.
God, in his great mercy and favour to Israel, will not impute their sins unto them; he will not take notice of their offences, to punish them according to desert.
The shout of a king is among them.
As God is now their king to govern and protect them, so he hath ordained that they shall have kings out of their own loins, to rule over them; whom they shall receive with great joy and acclamation.
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel.
In vain do ye carry me from place to place, that I might by my incantations procure some mischief to Israel; for, certainly, this people is so strong and safe in God’s protection, that no enchantment or any other evil art can prevail against them.
According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Even at this very time, I cannot but with astonishment record, what great and wonderful things the Lord hath wrought for Israel.