Numbers 22:1
And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.
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2And when Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel did to the Amorite,
Cross References
Numbers 21:20And Moses sent ambassadors to Sihon king of the Amorites, with peaceable words, saying,
Numbers 31:12And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 33:48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers 34:15Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastward.
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8And we took at that time the land out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, extending from the brook of Arnon even unto 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 →