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Numbers 23:5

BalaamBalak

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 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

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

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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BSB
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
KJV
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
WEB
The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
ASV
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam`s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
DARBY
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
BLB
And YHWH put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
ÅB
Da la Herren et ord i Bileams munn og sa: Vend tilbake til Balak og tal som jeg har sagt deg!
OTB
Herren la et ord i Bileams munn og sa: «Vend tilbake til Balak og gi ham denne beskjeden.»
B1930
Da la Herren et ord i Bileams munn og sa: Vend tilbake til Balak og tal som jeg har sagt dig!

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  • Jeremiah 1:9

    Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

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  • Isaiah 51:16

    And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which 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.

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  • Numbers 23:16

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

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  • Proverbs 16:9

    A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

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  • Numbers 22:20

    And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

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  • Numbers 22:35

    And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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