Numbers 22:1

Balak Sends for Balaam

1 Then ^athe children of Israel moved, and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan across from Jericho.

2 Now ^aBalak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

3 And ^aMoab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Numbers 22:1

The plains - Hebrew ‛ărābâh ; the word is the plural of that which is used to denote the whole depressed tract along the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and onward, where it is still called the Arabah (compare Numbers 21:4 note), to the Elanitic gulf.

On this side Jordan by Jericho - Rather, across the Jordan of Jericho, i. e., that part of Jordan which skirted the territory of Jericho. This form of expression indicates the site of the camp in its relation to the well-known city of Jericho. See Deuteronomy 1:1.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Numbers 22:1:**

Numbers 21:4
Joshua 12:1-6
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