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Numbers 23:16

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The Lord came to Balaam and told him, “Go back to Balak, and give him my message.”

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That night God came to Balaam and said, “If these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.”

The Messenger of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but say only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet with God over there.”

He came to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

The Lord told Balaam, “Go back to Balak, and give him my message.”

When Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel, he didn’t look for omens as he had done before. He turned toward the desert,

So I will send them a prophet, an Israelite like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.