A moment in scripture
Numbers 23:16
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And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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The surrounding passage
- Numbers 23:14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
- Numbers 23:17
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?
- Numbers 23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.