Numbers 23:16 (BSB)

And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

From Numbers 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 23:16

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 23:13-30: Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 23:16: And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth,.... As he did before, Num 23:5. and said, go again unto Balak, and say thus; the words which are expressed in Num 23:18.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 23:11-17: Num 23:11-17 Balak reproached Balaam for this utterance, which announced blessings to the Israelites instead of curses. But he met his reproaches with the remark, that he was bound by the command of Jehovah. The infinitive absolute, בּרך, after the finite verb, expresses the fact that Balaam had continued to give utterance to nothing but blessings.