Numbers 22:3

Numbers 22:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread because of the Israelites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel.

Context of Numbers 22:3

1The Israelites travelled to Moab. They lived in tents at the side of the Jordan River. Jericho city was on the other side of the river. 2The king of Moab at that time was Balak, the son of Zippor. He had seen what the Israelites did to the Amorites. The people in Moab were afraid because there were so many Israelites. All the people in Moab became very afraid of the Israelites. 4So the Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, ‘This large group of people will destroy everything round us. They will be like a bull that eats all the grass in a field!’ So Balak, the king of Moab, 5sent men to get Balaam, the son of Beor. Balaam was living near the Euphrates river at Pethor. Balak told the men to say to Balaam, ‘A large group of people has come here from Egypt. They cover all the ground, everywhere. They have put up their tents near our land.

Numbers 22:3 word by word

וַיָּ֨גָר מוֹאָ֜ב מִפְּנֵ֥י הָעָ֛ם מְאֹ֖ד כִּ֣י רַב־ה֑וּא וַיָּ֣קָץ מוֹאָ֔ב מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• was soreמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• afraidגּוּרgûr · to dreadH1481
• ofפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• was distressedקוּץqûts · to loatheH6973
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Numbers 22:3

• Exodus 15:15The rulers of Edom will be afraid. The leaders of Moab will shake with fear. The people who live in Canaan will become weak.
• Deuteronomy 2:25Today I will begin to make all the people in the world afraid of you. They will hear reports about you. That will cause them to be very frightened. They will shake with fear!’
• Joshua 2:10We heard how the Lord caused the water of the Red Sea to become dry. In that way he brought you out of Egypt. We heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites. We heard how you destroyed them completely on the east side of the Jordan River.
• Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites said to Joshua, ‘We heard about the command that the Lord your God had given to his servant, Moses. We know that he told Moses to take the whole of our land for you to live in. We know that you must kill all the people who live there now. Because of that, we were very afraid that you would kill us. That is why we did what we did.
• Psalms 53:5But now they are very afraid when there is nothing to be afraid of! God has completely won against his enemies, the people that attack you, his people. God has turned against them, so you are able to make them ashamed!
• Isaiah 23:5When the people in Egypt hear the news about Tyre, they will be very sad and upset.

Commentaries on Numbers 22:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3There is no mention of Balak outside of this event (Joshua 24:9; Judges 11:25; Micah 6:5; Revelation 2:14). Sihon, the Amorite king, had taken over his territory (Numbers 21:26). Israel had just defeated Sihon (21:21–31). Balak might have thought his small kingdom would be next.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201. Israel ... pitched in the plains of Moab--so called from having formerly belonged to that people, though wrested from them by Sihon. It was a dry, sunken, desert region on the east of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Moab, Moabite
• Children of Israel
• Crush
• Curse
• Lick

Commentaries on Numbers 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings