Numbers 22:3
then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved + 22:3 q. d. because of. Hebraism.before the face of the children of Israel.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And when Balac son of Sepphor saw all that Israel did to the Amorite,
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.
Exodus 23:27And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.
Joshua 2:10For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
Joshua 9:24And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives + 9:24 Gr. from before you.because of you, and therefore we did this thing.
Isaiah 23:5Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15
Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 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… Read the whole commentary →