KJV King James Version
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
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Numbers 22:2
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
WEB World English Bible
Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
ASV American Standard Version
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite,
Surrounding context — Numbers 22
1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan [by] Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time.
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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Judges 11:25And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,Numbers 21:20-35And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that [is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.Numbers 21:3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
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