King James Version (KJV)
Numbers 22:3
“And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.”
Verse in context — Numbers 22
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan [by] Jericho.
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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 Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time.
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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