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Matthew 18:18. New living translation to the rescue again:
Okay, if you interpret the first as something else (like until you don't see heaven and earth so you died, or something else entirely), the other point still stands. I just claimed "another way to think of it", meaning alternative.
Again, multiple ways to go here. I actually personally agree with both here.
Simple one, lots of lines from the book initially quoted follow the structure of "sin - punishment", which implies marrying the victim was meant to be punishment which was then weaponized by the evil.
Now on the extent of God's immutability: He can't age, and is always omni[potent/present/scient], sure, but He made humans in His own image, and humans change all the time. Everything not specified otherwise is commonly assumed to be equal between humans and God. He is usually depicted having arms and legs since humans have those and it was not specified that He doesn't. And I, as one of the creations in His image, would consider myself quite "changed" compared to last year or even 3 or so months ago. Don't see how God couldn't change His opinion on the matter, even despite the modern social construct for "person" often including opinions.
I mean if you want to agree God can change his mind that entails that he can't possibly be all-knowing. Changing your mind generally requires new information that you didn't know before. But that's irrelevant because numbers 23:19 and 1 Samuel 15:29 both say God can't change his mind.
In the context of a group of camel herders assigning human characteristics to a deity to make it more understandable, it lines up perfectly. In the context of an almighty God handing down his Word to humans, it's contradictory.
On a less serious note, if we're made in his image, does he have a dick n balls? If so, what for?
Which book?
He won't change His mind in that regard, yes. If interpreted differently, it would be contradicting itself pretty much immediately. Jonah 3:10:
The real answer is that we don't know exactly. Forgot which branches, but He is often depicted as a father in various ways, including as Maria's partner who gave birth to Jesus. Which implies that yes, He does have a dick n balls. Although no actual fucking is described, it's just poof and pregnant. And the literal first few chapters of Genesis say that he explicitly made humans breed, which implies that He himself doesn't have to.
This discussion isn't too productive. I am not a door to door converter, would assume neither are you.
I said numbers. The book of numbers.
And as you pointed out, God does not do everything he says, meaning he either changes his mind (which the inspired word of gawd says he does not) or he lies to people (which is evidently contrary to his nature). Go ahead and read the rest if you want, verse 16 makes it explicit that God actually spoke these words directly to balaam.