Numbers 23:16

And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

In Context

15And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.

17And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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