Numbers 22:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 22:4

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.

4 So Moab said to ^athe elders of Midian, “Now this company will 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 ^ahe sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at ^bPethor, which is near the River in the land of² 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 ^aTherefore please come at once, ^bcurse 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.”

7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the ^adiviner’s fee in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

8 And he said to them, ^a“Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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Definitions of words in Numbers 22:4:

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Balak {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Balak {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Balak {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Company {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Field {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Field {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Grass {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Grass {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Time {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Zippor {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Zippor {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Zippor {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Midian {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Midian {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Moab {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moab {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Ox {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Numbers 22:4:

Midianite {Easton's}
Moab {Easton's}
Midian; Midianites {I.S.B.E.}

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