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Numbers 23:15–16

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23:15And Balaam36 said to Balak, “Station yourself here37 by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there. 23:16Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message38 in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 37 The verse uses כֹּה (koh) twice: “Station yourself here … I will meet [the Lord] there.”
  3. 38 Heb “word.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.” And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”

The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”

The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”

And the Lord met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with Yahweh there.” Then Yahweh met with Balaam, and he put a word in his mouth, and he said, “Return to Balak, and you must speak thus.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.