Thus Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had breathed our last when our brothers breathed their last before Yahweh!

Then Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

Then Yahweh met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”