Numbers 22:3
The Moabites were terrified of the Israelites because there were so many of them. The Moabites dreaded the arrival of the Israelites
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2Balak, son of Zippor, had seen all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.
Exodus 23:27I will send terror about me ahead of you which will throw every nation you meet into panic. I will make all your enemies turn and run away.
Joshua 2:10We've heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you completely destroyed.
Joshua 9:24They answered Joshua, “We your servants were told very clearly that the Lord your God had ordered Moses to give you all this land, and that all its inhabitants were to be wiped out before you. So we really feared for our lives because of you. That's why we did what we did.
Isaiah 23:5When the news about Tyre reaches Egypt they will be in agony.
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 →