Numbers 22:10

Balaam replied, “Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this:

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

In Context

9During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, “◄Who are/Tell me about► these men who are staying with you.”

11‘A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.’”

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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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