Numbers 23:16
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And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
In other translations
And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
Hebrew words
וַיִּקָּרvaiyikarand he metH7136יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֶל־'el-<to>H413בִּלְעָםbil'amBalaamH1109וַיָּשֶׂםvaiyasemand he putH7760דָּבָרdavara wordH1697בְּפִיוbefivin mouth hisH6310וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שׁוּבshuvreturnH7725אֶל־'el-toH413בָּלָקbalakBalakH1111וְכֹהvekhohand thusH3541תְדַבֵּר׃tedaberyou will speakH1696
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Numbers 23:5And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
- Numbers 22:35And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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