And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
WEB
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
YLT
and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
DBT
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC