¹⁵ Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.

¹⁵ for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

¹⁸ I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.

¹⁶ And the Lord met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

¹² But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the Lord puts in my mouth.”

⁵ The Lord gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

⁹ Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said,

²¹ “And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”