Numbers 23:5

23:5 Then the Lord put a message ¹  in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.” ² 

Numbers 23:16

23:16 Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message ³  in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

[23:5]  ¹ tn Heb “word.”

[23:5]  ² tn Heb “and thus you shall speak.”

[23:16]  ³ tn Heb “word.”