Numbers 22:1
And the Bnei Yisroel set forward, and encamped in the plains of Moav on the bank of the Yarden by Yericho. 1 [BALAK]
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Balak ben Tzippor saw all that Yisroel had done to the Emori.
Cross References
Numbers 21:20And from Bamot in the valley, that is in the country of Moav, to the top of Pisgah, overlooking the surface of the wasteland.
Numbers 31:12And they brought the captives, and the plunder, and the spoil, unto Moshe, and El'azar HaKohen, and unto the Adat Bnei Yisroel, unto the machaneh at the plains of Moav, which are by Yarden near Yericho.
Numbers 33:48And they set out from the mountains of Avarim, and encamped in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho.
Numbers 34:15The two tribes and the half tribe have received their nachalah on the east side of the Yarden near Yericho toward the sunrise.
Numbers 36:13These are the mitzvot and the mishpatim, which Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe unto the Bnei Yisroel in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8And we took at that time out of the hand of the two melachim of the Emori the land that was on this side of Yarden, + 3:8 i.e., east of the from the Wadi Arnon unto Mt Chermon;
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 →