Num 22:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Then the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho .

a ch. 26:3, 63; 31:12; 33:48, 50; 35:1; 36:13

Numbers 22:1-4

Balak Summons Balaam

1 Then ^athe people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 2 And ^bBalak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And ^cMoab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel. 4 And Moab said to ^dthe elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,