Numbers 22:1
The Israelites moved on and camped on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan, opposite Jericho.
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2Balak, son of Zippor, had seen all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
Cross References
Numbers 21:20and from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wastelands.
Numbers 31:12They brought the prisoners, loot, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the rest of the Israelites where they were camped on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.
Numbers 33:48They moved on from the mountains of Abarim and set up camp on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.
Numbers 34:15These two and a half tribes have received their allocation on the east side of the Jordan opposite Jericho.”
Numbers 36:13These are the orders and regulations that the Lord gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8So in summary, at that time we took from the two Amorite kings the land east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley all the way to 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 →