Numbers 23:16

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Revised Version 1895

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 he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

17And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that 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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