Numbers 22:1
And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab, over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,
Cross References
Numbers 21:20From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.
Numbers 31:12And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against Jericho.
Numbers 33:48And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho.
Numbers 34:15That is, two tribes and a half, have received their portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east side.
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: from the torrent Amen unto the 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 →