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Numbers 23:12
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10 “Whoa can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die bthe death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”  
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? aI took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”  
12 So he answered and said, a“Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”  

Balaam’s Second Prophecy

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.”
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.  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:12

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American Standard Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

Amplified® Bible
And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient {and} speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?

Contemporary English Version
Balaam answered, "I can say only what the LORD tells me."

Darby English Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

Good News Bible
He answered, "I can say only what the LORD tells me to say."

King James Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

New American Standard Bible
He replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

New International Version
He answered, "Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

New King James Version
So he answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?"

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He replied, "Must I not have care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

Revised Standard Version
And he answered, "Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

Young's Literal Translation
and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak?'


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