Numbers 23:5

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Numbers 23:5

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

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Then the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to

establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”

Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,
“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,