Numbers 23:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ Then the Lord told Balaam what he should say. Then the Lord said, “Go back to Balak and say these things that I have given you to say.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And the Lord put a speech in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak and thus shall you speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Common English Bible

⁵ The LORD gave Balaam something to say, and said to him, “Return to Balak and say this.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: "Return to Balak, and you shall say this."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

Numbers 23:5 Cross References

Exodus 4:15

He will go with you to Pharaoh. I will tell you what to say. Then you will tell Aaron, and Aaron will choose the right words to speak to Pharaoh.

Proverbs 16:1

People make their plans. But it is the Lord who makes those things happen.

Proverbs 16:9

A person can make plans about the things that he wants to do. But it is the Lord who decides what will happen.

Isaiah 51:16

\{“My servant,\} I will give you the words I want you to say. And I will cover you with my hands and protect you. I will use you to make the new heaven and earth. I will use you to tell Israel, ‘You are my people.’”

Isaiah 59:21

The Lord says, “I will make an Agreement with those people. I promise, my Spirit and my words that I put in your mouth will never leave you. They will be with your children and your children’s children. They will be with you for now and forever.”

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord reached out with his hand and touched my mouth. The Lord said to me,

Numbers 22:20

That night, God came to Balaam. God said, “These men have come again to ask you to go with them. So you can go with them. But do only the things that I tell you to do.”

Numbers 22:35

Then the Lord’s angel said to Balaam, “No! You can go with these men. But be careful. Speak only the words that I will tell you to say.” So Balaam went with the leaders that Balak had sent.

Numbers 23:16

So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then the Lord told Balaam to go back to Balak and say those things.

Numbers 23:4

God came to Balaam at that place. And Balaam said, “I have prepared seven altars. [290] And I have killed a bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar.”

Numbers 23:6

So Balaam went back to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar. [291] And all the leaders of Moab were standing there with them.

Luke 12:12

At that time the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [228]} will teach you what you must say.”

John 11:51

Caiaphas did not think of this himself. He was high priest {\cf2\super [184]} that year. So he was really prophesying {\cf2\super [185]} that Jesus would die for the Jewish people.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will send them a prophet [121] like you. This prophet will be one of their own people. I will tell him the things he must say. And he will tell the people everything I command.