Numbers 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth. — “God, who had opened the mouth of the ass,” says Bishop Wordsworth, in loc., “in a manner contrary to her nature, now opens Balaam’s mouth in a manner contrary to his own will.”

Numbers 23:5

5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.