Numbers 22:3-5

New Century Version

³ And Moab was scared of so many Israelites; truly, Moab was terrified by them.

⁴ The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “These people will take everything around us like an ox eating grass.”

Balak son of Zippor was the king of Moab at this time. ⁵ He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, near the Euphrates River in his native land. Balak said, “A nation has come out of Egypt that covers the land. They have camped next to me,