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14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, aand built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.  
15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I1 meet the Lord over there.”  
16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and aput a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”  
17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
18 Then he took up his oracle and said:
a“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, son of Zippor! 
19 “Goda is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He bsaid, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
aHe has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 
21 “Hea has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen1 wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
bAnd the shout of a King is among them. 
22 aGod brings them out of Egypt;
He has bstrength like a wild ox. 
23 “For there is no1 sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any1 divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, awhat God has done!’ 
24 Look, a people rises alike a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
bIt shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”  
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”
26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, a‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”  

Balaam’s Third Prophecy

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that aoverlooks the wasteland.  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:16

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

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and speak thus.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD appeared to Balaam and gave him another message, then he told him to go and tell Balak.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Good News Bible
The LORD met Balaam, told him what to say, and sent him back to Balak to give him his message.

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

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

New International Version
The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

New King James Version
Then the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak."

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'


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