Num 22:4-6 | ESV | STEP | And Moab said to the 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 ,

b Deut. 23:4; Josh. 24:9; Neh. 13:2; Mic. 6:5; 2 Pet. 2:15; Jude 11; Rev. 2:14

Numbers 22:4-6

4 And Moab said to ^athe 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, 5 ^bsent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor ^cat Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, ^{▼▼Or the people of his kindred} to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me. 6 ^eCome now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”