Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 23:5

"And Jehovah put a word in Balaam`s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak." — Numbers 23:5 (ASV)

The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth.—“God, who had opened the mouth of the ass,” says Bishop Wordsworth, on this passage, “in a manner contrary to her nature, now opens Balaam’s mouth in a manner contrary to his own will.”