Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

Balak Tries Again
Balak decided that the impressive scene presented by the vast
camp of the Hebrews had so frightened Balaam that he did not dare
to practice his magic arts against them. The king determined to take
the prophet to some point where he could see only a small part of
the camp. Again seven altars were built, and the same offerings
were placed on them as at the first. The king and his princes stayed
by the sacrifices, while Balaam stepped away to meet with God.
Again the prophet was given a divine message, which he was
powerless to change or withhold.
When he appeared, Balak asked him, "What has the Lord
spoken?" The answer struck terror to the heart of the king and
princes:
God is not a man, that He should lie, ... Behold, I have received
a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. He has
not observed iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in
Israel. The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king is
among them.
The great magician had tried his power of enchantment, but
while Israel was under God's protection, no people or nation, aided
by all the power of Satan, would be able to overcome them. All the
world would wonder at the marvelous work of God for His people--
that a man should be so controlled by divine power as to utter,
instead of curses, rich and precious promises in heavenly poetry. In
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