Numbers 23:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD gave Balaam a message, then sent him back to tell Balak.

Cross References

Exodus 4:15

Aaron will speak to the people for you, and you will be like me, telling Aaron what to say. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will tell each of you what to do.

Proverbs 16:1

We humans make plans, but the LORD has the final word.

Proverbs 16:9

We make our own plans, but the LORD decides where we will go.

Isaiah 51:16

I have told you what to say, and I will keep you safe in the palm of my hand. I spread out the heavens and laid foundations for the earth. Now I say, “Jerusalem, your people are mine.”

Isaiah 59:21

The LORD says: “My people, I promise to give you my Spirit and my message. These will be my gifts to you and your families for ever. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 1:9

The LORD reached out his hand, then he touched my mouth and said, “I am giving you the words to say,

Numbers 22:20

That night, God said, “Balaam, I'll let you go to Moab with Balak's messengers, but do only what I say.”

Numbers 22:35

“It's all right for you to go,” the LORD's angel answered. “But you must say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went on with Balak's officials.

Numbers 23:16

The LORD appeared to Balaam and gave him another message, then he told him to go and tell Balak.

Numbers 23:4

When God appeared to him, Balaam said, “I have built seven altars and have sacrificed a bull and a ram on each one.”

Numbers 23:6

When Balaam returned, he found Balak and his officials standing beside the offerings.

Luke 12:12

At that time the Holy Spirit will tell you what to say.

John 11:51

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. As high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.

Deuteronomy 18:18

So when I want to speak to them, I will choose one of them to be a prophet like you. I will give my message to that prophet, who will tell the people exactly what I have said.