Bible verse
But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
Numbers 23:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Numbers 23.
8 How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
9 For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
12 But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
KJV
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
ASV
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
ERV
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?
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