Numbers 23:16

16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

Numbers 23:16 in Other Translations

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

16 And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak. ”

16 And the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

16 God met with Balaam and gave him a message. He said, "Return to Balak and give him the message."

16 And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

16 The LORD came to Balaam and told him, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message."

16 The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, "Return to Balak and say what I tell you."

16 The LORD met with Balaam. He put a message in Balaam's mouth. The LORD said, "Go back to Balak. Give him my message."

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 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”

16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, “What did the LORD say?”

18 Then he spoke his message: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 4:15; S Numbers 22:38