And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”
And I have put my words in your mouth and covered you in the shadow of my hand, establishing the heavens and laying the foundations of the earth, and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.”
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