Numbers 22:4
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4 So Moab said to (A)the elders of Midian, “Now this company will [a]lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
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- Numbers 22:4 consume
Numbers 24:17
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17 “I(A) see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near;
(B)A Star shall come out of Jacob;
(C)A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And [a]batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of [b]tumult.
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- Numbers 24:17 shatter the forehead
- Numbers 24:17 Heb. Sheth, Jer. 48:45
Deuteronomy 2:9
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9 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given (A)Ar to (B)the descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”
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Judges 3:28
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28 Then he said to them, “Follow me, for (A)the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him, seized the (B)fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
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Ruth 1:4
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4 Now they took wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they [a]dwelt there about ten years.
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- Ruth 1:4 lived
Ruth 1:22
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22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem (A)at the beginning of barley harvest.
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1 Samuel 14:47
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Saul’s Continuing Wars
47 So Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of (A)Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of (B)Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he [a]harassed them.
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- 1 Samuel 14:47 LXX, Vg. prospered
1 Samuel 22:3-4
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3 Then David went from there to Mizpah of (A)Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.” 4 So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
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2 Samuel 8:2
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2 Then (A)he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s (B)servants, and (C)brought tribute.
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2 Kings 1:1
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2 Kings 3:4
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4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepbreeder, and he (A)regularly paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand (B)lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
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Ezra 9:1
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Intermarriage with Pagans
9 When these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not (A)separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, (B)with respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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Psalm 108:9
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9 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Over Philistia I will triumph.”
Jeremiah 48:1
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Judgment on Moab
48 Against (A)Moab.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Woe to (B)Nebo!
For it is plundered,
(C)Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
[a]The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed—
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- Jeremiah 48:1 Heb. Misgab
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