Numbers 23:5-12 And LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak.

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak. ⁶ And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the rulers of Moab. ⁷ And he took up his oracle, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. ⁸ How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied? ⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What have thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have blessed them altogether. ¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which LORD puts in my mouth?