²⁰ And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but ^(A)only the word which I speak to you shall you do.”

¹⁸ I will raise up a prophet from among their brothers like you, and ^(A)I will put My words in his mouth, and ^(B)he shall speak to them all that I command him.

⁹ Then Yahweh sent forth His hand and ^(A)touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me,