Numbers 22:1
And the sons of Israel moved onward, and encamped in the plain of Moab (at some space) from the ford of the Jordan (towards) Jericho.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
2And Balak bar Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amoraah.
Cross References
Numbers 21:20And from the height to the vale which is in the fields of Moab, at the head of Ramatha, which looketh towards Beth Jeshimon.
Numbers 31:12and brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Mosheh, and to Elazar the priest, and to all the congregation of the Beni Israel, to the camp in the fields of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho.
Numbers 33:48And they removed from the mountains of Abaraee, and encamped in the plains of Moab by Jordan (over against) Jericho.
Numbers 34:15The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance across the Jordan by Jericho towards the east.
Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded by the hand of Mosheh to the children of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.
Deuteronomy 3:8And we took at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amoraah, the country on this side of Jordana, from the river of Arnon unto the mountain of 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 →