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.”
23:17 When Balaam 2 came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”
1 tnHeb “word.”
2 tnHeb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.