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 So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and ^(D)you shall be to him as God.

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

A New Prophet Like Moses

^15 (A)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,

^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.

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

^19 (A)But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For ^(B)it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; ^20 (C)for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

^11 (A)But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, ^[a]or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, ^(B)but the Holy Spirit.