Numbers 23:5 (BSB)

Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

From Numbers 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 23:5

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 23:1-12: Here is, I. Great preparation made for the cursing of Israel. That which was aimed at was to engage the God of Israel to forsake them, and either to be on Moab's side or to stand neuter. O the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at men's beck!
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 23:5: And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth.... Not grace into his heart, nor the fear of God within him, but suggested to him what to say; impressed it strongly on him, that he could not forget it, and with such power and weight, that he was obliged to deliver it: and said, return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak; that is, unto...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 23:5: And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. (c) Taught him what to say.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 23:3-6: Num 23:3-4 After the offering of the sacrifices, Balaam directed the king to stand by his burnt-offering, i.e., by the sacrifices that had been offered for him upon the seven altars, that he might go out for auguries. The meaning of the words, “I will go, peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me,” is apparent from Num 24:1 : and “he went no more to...