Numbers 23:5

5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."

Numbers 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:5

And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth
&c.] Not grace into his heart, nor the fear of God within him, but suggested to him what to say; impressed it strongly on him, that he could not forget it, and with such power and weight, that he was obliged to deliver it:

and said, return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak;
that is, unto him, and what is expressed in ( Numbers 22:7-10 ) .

Numbers 23:5 In-Context

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, "Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee." And he went to a high place.

4 And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."

6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable and said: "Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, `Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.'