Numbers 23:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ And יהוה put a word in the mouth of Bil‛am, and said, “Return to Balaq, and this is what you 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

“And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I am with your mouth and with his mouth, and I shall teach you what to do.

Proverbs 16:1

To man belongs the preparations of the heart, But from יהוה is the answer of the tongue.

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart plans his way, But יהוה establishes his steps.

Isaiah 51:16

“And I have put My Words in your mouth, and with the shadow of My hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and to say to Tsiyon, ‘You are My people.’ ”

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” said יהוה: “My Spirit that is upon you, and My Words that I have put in your mouth, shall not be withdrawn from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” said יהוה, “from this time and forever.”

Jeremiah 1:9

Then יהוה put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and יהוה said to me, “See, I have put My words in your mouth.

Numbers 22:20

And Elohim came to Bil‛am at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them, but only the word which I speak to you that you do.”

Numbers 22:35

And the Messenger of יהוה said to Bil‛am, “Go with the men, but only the word that I speak to you, that you speak.” Bil‛am then went with the heads of Balaq.

Numbers 23:16

And יהוה came to Bil‛am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balaq, and say this.”

Numbers 23:4

And Elohim came to Bil‛am, and he said to Him, “I have prepared the seven slaughter-places, and I have offered on each slaughter-place a bull and a ram.”

Numbers 23:6

And he returned to him and saw him standing by his ascending offering, he and all the heads of Mo’aḇ.

Luke 12:12

for the Set-apart Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what you should say.”

John 11:51

But he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year he prophesied that יהושע was about to die for the nation,

Deuteronomy 18:18

I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.