Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
In Context
6Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:
Cross References
Exodus 4:15Speak to him, and put my words in his mouth: and I will be in thy mouth, and in his mouth, and will shew you what you must do.
Numbers 22:35The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no other thing than what I shall command thee. He went therefore with the princes.
Deuteronomy 18:18m I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.
Isaiah 59:21This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Luke 12:12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13
Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →