Numbers 23:16

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord met Balaam, told him what to say, and sent him back to Balak to give him his message.

Cross References

Numbers 23:5

The Lord told Balaam what to say and sent him back to Balak to give him his message.

Numbers 24:1

By now Balaam knew that the Lord wanted him to bless the people of Israel, so he did not go to look for omens, as he had done before. He turned toward the desert

Numbers 22:35

But the angel said, “Go on with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with them.

Numbers 22:20

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

Numbers 23:15

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there.”

Numbers 23:17

So he went back and found Balak still standing by his burnt offering, with the leaders of Moab. Balak asked what the Lord had said,

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will send them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will tell him what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command.