Balak, King of Moab, Fears an Advancing Israel 2

3 and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.

4 The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "This horde is
going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field."

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,





Num 22:4
This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field—In one sense, Balak’s fear was completely logical. On the other hand, if he had only known and believed God’s word, he would have had nothing to fear. God commanded Israel to not harass the Moabites, because He did not intend to give Israel the land of the Moabites (Deu 2:9).

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