² Now ^(A)Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

⁴ So Moab said to ^(A)the elders of Midian, “Now this company will ^[a]lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

¹⁰ So Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,

¹⁶ And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me;