Numbers 22:3-5

New Living Translation

³And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified. ⁴The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!”

So Balak, king of Moab, ⁵sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor^[a] near the Euphrates River.^[b] His message said:

“Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.

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Footnotes

22:5a Or who was at Pethor in the land of the Amavites.
22:5b Hebrew the river.

Numbers 22:3-5

New International Version

³and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread^(A) because of the Israelites.

⁴The Moabites^(B) said to the elders of Midian,^(C) “This horde is going to lick up everything^(D) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.^(E)”

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, ⁵sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,^(F) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,^(G) in his native land. Balak said:

“A people has come out of Egypt;^(H) they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

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Numbers 22:3-5

King James Version

³And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

⁴And 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.

⁵He 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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