Liber I, cap. 2. De DeoThe two editions number this verse differently — Milton’s Bible divides the chapter at another point, so both numbers are right:
Latin {¶10} Num. xxiii. 23. — …natum ne putemus: sic enim de se ne nos opinemur, ipse cavit, Num. xxiii. 23. Deus non est homo qui mentiatur, aut filius hominis, quem pœniteat. 1 Sam. xv. 29. idem: si do…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶10} Num. xxiii. 19. — …m inadvertency, as in men; for so he has himself cautioned us, Num. xxiii. 19. God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. See also 1 Sam. xv. 29. Ag…