Therefore, God came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: "If these men have arrived to call you, then rise up and go with them; yet only in so far as you shall do what I will command you."
Numbers 23:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, "Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and speak thus. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. Common English Bible The LORD granted Balaam an appearance and gave him a message. He said, “Return to Balak and say this.” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him. English Standard Version 2016 And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.” |
Therefore, God came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: "If these men have arrived to call you, then rise up and go with them; yet only in so far as you shall do what I will command you."
The Angel said, "Go with them, but be careful not to speak anything other than what I shall instruct you." And so, he went with the leaders.
he said to Balak, "Stand here next to your holocaust, while I continue on to meet him."
Returning, he found him standing next to his holocaust, and the leaders of the Moabites were with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"
Then the Lord placed the word in his mouth, and he said: "Return to Balak, and you shall say this."
And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert,
I will raise up a prophet for them, from the midst of their brothers, similar to you. And I will place my words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all the things that I will instruct him.