Numbers 22:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ and Moab was terrified because there were so many people, and Moab was filled with dread of the people of Israel. ⁴ Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will lick up everything around us just like an ox licks up grass in the pasture.”

Balak, the son of Zippor, was the king of the Moabites at this time. ⁵ He sent messengers to Pethor which is near the river^[a] in his native land, to Balaam, the son of Beor, to summon him. He said, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt and they cover the surface of the earth. They are now living opposite me. Read full chapter