Numbers 22:3

And the Moabaah feared before the people greatly, because they were many; yea, the Moabaee were in distress before the sons of Israel.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

In Context

2And Balak bar Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amoraah.

4And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this host consume all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the herbage of the field. And Balak bar Zippor was the king of Moab at that time.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But by as much as they afflicted them, so they increased and waxed strong, and the Mizraee had vexation on account of the sons of Israel;

Exodus 23:27I will send My terror before thee, and will perturb all the people among whom thou shalt come to fight against them, and I will make all thy adversaries turn their back before thee.

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 →

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