Numbers 22:3

Moab [From father] was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab [From father] was distressed because of the children of Israel [God prevails].

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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

2Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel [God prevails] had done to the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers].

4Moab [From father] said to the elders of Midian [Strife], “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab [From father] at that time.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel [God prevails].

Exodus 23:27I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

Isaiah 23:5When the report comes to Egypt [Abode of slavery], they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.

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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