Bilangan 23:16

23:16 Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message ¹  in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

Bilangan 22:35

22:35 But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you may only speak ²  the word that I will speak to you.” ³  So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “word.”

[22:35]  ² tn The imperfect tense here can be given the nuance of permission.

[22:35]  ³ tn The Hebrew word order is a little more emphatic than this: “but only the word which I speak to you, it you shall speak.”