en_tn_lite_do_not_use/num/23/16.md

put a message in his mouth

The message is spoken of as if it is something that God put into his mouth. See how you translated a similar phrase in Numbers 22:38. Alternate translation: "told him what to say" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

He said

"Then Yahweh said"