Bible in Basic English
"And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say."
— Numbers 23:5, Bible in Basic English
“And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.”
“And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. ”
“Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."”
“Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.””
“And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.”
“And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.”
And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.
Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?