Números 22:1

1 Balac envía por Balaam
Luego el pueblo de Israel viajó a las llanuras de Moab y acampó al oriente del río Jordán, frente a Jericó.

Números 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:1

And the children of Israel set forward
From the country of Bashan, where we read of them last, after they had conquered Og the king of it, and also Sihon king of the Amorites, and settled some of their tribes in both kingdoms; the particular place from whence they came hither, according to the account of their journeys, were the mountains of Abarim, ( Numbers 33:48 ) :

and pitched in the plains of Moab
the part of them they encamped in reached from Bethjesimoth to Abelshittim, ( Numbers 33:49 ) ,

on this side Jordan by Jericho;
or Jordan of Jericho, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; a river that flowed near to Jericho, running between the plains of Moab and the plains of Jericho; according to Josephus ^F21 it was sixty furlongs, or seven miles and a half from Jericho; but, according to Jerome ^F23, it was but five miles: or rather, as some versions render it, "over against Jericho" ^F24; for Jericho was on the other side of the river Jordan, and the plains of Moab, or that part of them where Israel now pitched, were right against that city; and so Josephus says ^F25.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 4.
F23 De locis Heb. fol. 87. G.
F24 (kata iericw) Sept. "ex opposito Heiricho", Tigurine version.
F25 Antiqu. l. 4. c. 6. sect. 1.

Números 22:1 In-Context

1 Balac envía por Balaam
Luego el pueblo de Israel viajó a las llanuras de Moab y acampó al oriente del río Jordán, frente a Jericó.

2 Balac, hijo de Zipor, el rey moabita, había visto todo lo que los israelitas hicieron a los amorreos.

3 Entonces cuando el pueblo de Moab vio que los israelitas eran muchos, se aterró.

4 El rey de Moab dijo a los ancianos de Madián: «¡Esta muchedumbre devorará todo lo que esté a la vista, como un buey devora el pasto en el campo!».
Entonces Balac, rey de Moab,

5 envió mensajeros para llamar a Balaam, hijo de Beor, que vivía en Petor,
su tierra natal, cerca del río Éufrates.
Su mensaje decía:
«Mira, una inmensa multitud que cubre la faz de la tierra ha llegado de Egipto y me amenaza.