Numbers 22
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 22:2-6

2Now 1BalakH1111 the sonH1121 of ZipporH6834 sawH7200 allH3605 that IsraelH3478 had doneH6213 to the AmoritesH567. 32So MoabH4124 was in greatH3966 fearH1481 becauseH4480H6440 of the peopleH5971, for they were numerousH7227; and MoabH4124 was in dreadH6973 of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478. 4MoabH4124 saidH559 to the eldersH2205 of 3MidianH4080, “NowH6258 this 4hordeH6951 will lickH3897 up allH3605 that is aroundH5439 us, as the oxH7794 licksH3897 up the grassH3418 of the fieldH7704.” And BalakH1111 the sonH1121 of ZipporH6834 was kingH4428 of MoabH4124 at that timeH6256. 5So he sentH7971 messengersH4397 to 5BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160, at 6PethorH6604, whichH834 is nearH5921 the 7RiverH5104, in the landH776 of the sonsH1121 of his peopleH5971, to callH7121 him, sayingH559, “BeholdH2009, a peopleH5971 cameH3318 out of EgyptH4714; beholdH2009, they coverH3680 the surfaceH5869 of the landH776, and they are livingH3427 oppositeH4480H4136 me. 68NowH6258, therefore, pleaseH4994 comeH1980, 9curseH779 thisH2088 peopleH5971 for me sinceH3588 they are tooH4480 10mightyH6099 for me; perhapsH194 I may be ableH3201 to 11defeatH5221 them and driveH1644 them out of the landH776. For I knowH3045 that he whomH834 you blessH1288 is blessedH1288, and he whomH834 you curseH779 is cursedH779.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 22:2 Judg 11:25 ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 22:3 Ex 15:15 ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 22:4 Num 25:15-18; 31:1-3 ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 22:4 Lit assembly ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 22:5 Josh 24:9; 2 Pet 2:15f; Jude 11 ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 22:5 Deut 23:4 ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 22:5 I.e. Euphrates ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 22:6 Num 22:17; 23:7, 8 ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 22:6 Num 22:12; 24:9 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 22:6 Or numerous ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 22:6 Lit smite ↩

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