15Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here close to your burned offerings, while I go and talk with Yahweh.”
16So Balaam did that, and Yahweh appeared to Balaam again and gave him another message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and tell him that message.”
17So Balaam returned to where the king and the leaders from Moab were standing, next to the altar where Balak had burned the sacrifices. Balak asked him, “What did Yahweh say?”
18Then Balaam told him this message: “Balak, listen carefully; hear what I have to say, you son of Zippor DOU!
19God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does.