Numbers 22:1-6
Lexham English Bible
Balak and Balaam
22 The Israelites[a] set out, and they encamped on the desert-plateau of Moab, across from Jericho beyond the Jordan. 2 Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel did to the Amorites,[b] 3 and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because they[c] were numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the Israelites.[d] 4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now the crowd will lick up all around us, like a bull devours the grass of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5 He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river,[e] in the land of the children of his people, to summon him, saying, “Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover the surface of the land;[f] they are about to dwell opposite me. 6 Now, please go, curse this people for me because they[g] are stronger than me; perhaps I will be able to strike them[h] and drive them[i] out from the land because I know whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you cursed is cursed.”
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- Numbers 22:1 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 22:2 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Numbers 22:3 Hebrew “he” or “it”
- Numbers 22:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 22:5 That is, the Euphrates
- Numbers 22:5 Literally “the eye of the land”
- Numbers 22:6 Hebrew “he”
- Numbers 22:6 Hebrew “he”
- Numbers 22:6 Hebrew “he”
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