"Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it."
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.