Numbers 23:7

And he took up his parable - משלו meshalo , see on Numbers 21:27 ; (note). All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified, and may be considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God; for it is expressly said, Numbers 23:5 , that God put the word in Balaam's mouth, and that the Spirit of God came upon him, Numbers 24:2 .