Numbers 22:3-6
New International Version
3 and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread(A) because of the Israelites.
4 The Moabites(B) said to the elders of Midian,(C) “This horde is going to lick up everything(D) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.(E)”
So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, 5 sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,(F) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,(G) in his native land. Balak said:
“A people has come out of Egypt;(H) they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. 6 Now come and put a curse(I) on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land.(J) For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
Numbers 22:3-6
King James Version
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 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.
5 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:
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
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Numbers 22:3-6
New King James Version
3 And (A)Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel. 4 So Moab said to (B)the elders of Midian, “Now this company will [a]lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 Then (C)he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at (D)Pethor, which is near [b]the River in the land of [c]the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me! 6 (E)Therefore please come at once, (F)curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
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- Numbers 22:4 consume
- Numbers 22:5 The Euphrates
- Numbers 22:5 Or the people of Amau
Deuteronomy 23:6
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Deuteronomy 23:6
King James Version
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
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Deuteronomy 23:6
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6 (A)You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
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Isaiah 11:14
King James Version
14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
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Isaiah 11:14
New King James Version
14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west;
Together they shall plunder the [a]people of the East;
(A)They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab;
And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
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- Isaiah 11:14 Lit. sons
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