Numbers 23:16

16 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

Numbers 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:16

And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth
As he did before, ( Numbers 23:5 ) .

and said, go again unto Balak, and say thus;
the words which are expressed in ( Numbers 23:18-24 ) .

Numbers 23:16 In-Context

14 And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried , and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on altar.

15 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

16 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

17 And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.