Numbers 23:5

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

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  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
  • Jer 1:9 : 9 Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
  • Isa 51:16 : 16 I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, 'You are my people.'"
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says Yahweh. "My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed," says Yahweh, "from henceforth and forever."
  • Num 23:16 : 16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."
  • Luke 12:12 : 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
  • John 11:51 : 51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
  • Prov 16:1 : 1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
  • Num 22:20 : 20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."
  • Num 22:35 : 35 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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  • Num 23:15-18
    4 verses
    93%

    15 He said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder."

    16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this."

    17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?"

    18 He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

  • Num 22:34-41
    8 verses
    84%

    34 Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, "I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again."

    35 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

    36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

    37 Balak said to Balaam, "Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?"

    38 Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak."

    39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.

    40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

    41 It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    83%

    11 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether."

    12 He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?"

    13 Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there."

  • Num 24:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12 Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

    13 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says'?

  • Num 22:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

    8 He said to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me." The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

    9 God came to Balaam, and said, "Who are these men with you?"

    10 Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],

  • 25 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

  • Num 22:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

    19 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more."

    20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."

  • Num 23:25-30
    6 verses
    80%

    25 Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."

    26 But Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?'"

    27 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse me them from there."

    28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

    29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

    30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

  • Num 23:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1 Balaam said to Balak, "Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams."

    2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

    3 Balaam said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." He went to a bare height.

    4 God met Balaam: and he said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar."

  • Num 23:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

    7 He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

  • Num 22:12-14
    3 verses
    79%

    12 God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."

    13 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you."

    14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

  • 5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.

  • 3 He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

  • 5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

  • 1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • 15 He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

  • 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;