³ and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread^(A) because of the Israelites.

⁴ The Moabites^(A) said to the elders of Midian,^(B) “This horde is going to lick up everything^(C) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.^(D)”

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,