19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-30)Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would br…
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