Numbers 22:1-5

Balak Summons Balaam

1 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.
2 Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
3 and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.
4 The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,
5 sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

Cross References 12

  • 1. S Numbers 21:11
  • 2. S Numbers 13:29; S Joshua 2:7
  • 3. Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48; Deuteronomy 32:49; Joshua 2:1
  • 4. Numbers 23:1-3; Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Revelation 2:14
  • 5. S Exodus 15:15
  • 6. S Genesis 19:37
  • 7. S Genesis 25:2
  • 8. Nu 32:17,18,29
  • 9. Job 5:25; Psalms 72:16
  • 10. ver 7; Numbers 24:25; Numbers 31:8,16; Deuteronomy 23:4; Joshua 13:22; Joshua 24:9; Nehemiah 13:2; Micah 6:5; S 2 Peter 2:15
  • 11. S Genesis 2:14
  • 12. S Exodus 13:3
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