¹⁵ Now ^(A)you shall speak to him and ^(B)put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and ^(C)I will teach you what you shall do.

¹⁶ Then the Lord met Balaam, and ^(A)put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

¹² So he answered and said, ^(A)“Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

⁵ Then the Lord ^(A)put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

^18 (A)I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and ^(B)will put My words in His mouth, ^(C)and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom ^(A)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or ^[a]resist.

⁹ Then the Lord put forth His hand and ^(A)touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:

²¹ “As^(A) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

³ Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab ^(A)put the words in her mouth.