Numbers 22:1
And they set out and made camp in the plains of Moab, across the Jordan, where Jericho is situated.
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2Then Balak, the son of Zippor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorite,
Cross References
Numbers 21:20from Bamoth, a valley in the region of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks out opposite the desert.
Numbers 31:12And they led these to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the sons of Israel. But the remainder of the articles they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, next to the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
Numbers 33:48And setting out from the mountains of Abarim, they crossed over to the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
Numbers 34:15that is, two and a half tribes, have received their portion across the Jordan, opposite Jericho, toward the eastern side.”
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and judgments which the Lord ordered by the hand of Moses to the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, above the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8And at that time, we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan: from the torrent Arnon as far as Mount Hermon,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:1
At this chapter begins the famous story of Balak and Balaam, their attempt to curse Israel, and the baffling of that attempt; God's people are long afterwards told to remember what Balak the king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, that they might know the righteousness of the Lord, Mic. vi. 5 . In this chapter we have, I. Balak's fear of Israel, and the plot he had to get them cursed, ver. 1-4 . II. The embassy he sent to Balaam, a conjurer, to fetch him for that purpose, and the… Read the whole commentary →