Numbers 22:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And the Moabites were sore afraid of the people, because they were many, and Moab [a]fretted against the children of Israel.
4 Therefore Moab said unto the [b]Elders of Midian, Now shall this multitude lick up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the field: and Balak the son of Zippor was King of the Moabites at that time.
5 (A)He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor (which is by the [c]river of the land of the children of his folk) to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which cover the face of the earth, and lie over against me.
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- Numbers 22:3 Or, was vexed.
- Numbers 22:4 Which were the heads and governors.
- Numbers 22:5 To wit, Euphrates, upon the which stood this city Pethor.
Numbers 22:3-5
King James Version
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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