Numbers 23:21

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avon, trespass. App-44.

perverseness. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44.

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²¹ He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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