Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
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And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was overcome with dread because of the children of Israel.
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Passages linked to Numbers 22:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
- Isaiah 23:5 When the report comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report of Tyre.
- Deuteronomy 2:25 Today I will begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.”
- Joshua 2:10-11 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed. As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, and there wasn’t any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
- Joshua 2:24 They said to Joshua, “Truly Yahweh has delivered all the land into our hands. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt away before us.”
- Joshua 9:24 They answered Joshua, and said, “Because your servants were certainly told how Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
- Psalms 53:5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, was vexed.
Or, was vexed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the…
Num 22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they [were] many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Ver. 3. And Moab was distressed.] Or, Was irked, fretted, vexed. And yet Moab was allied to Israel, eased by them of a troublesome encroaching neighbour Sihon, and assured by them, that they would not meddle or molest them. But being of a different religion, they were carried with satanical malice against God’s people, and sought their ruin. This is the guise of graceless and absurd men, acted and agitated by the devil.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As it was foretold both in general of all…
As it was foretold both in general of all nations, Deu 2:25, and particularly concerning Moab, Exo 15:15.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Moab said unto the elders of Midian,.... Whom…
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian,.... Whom the king of Moab sent for to consult with what to do in the present case, for the good and safety of both people; for, according to the Targum of Jonathan, they were one people and one kingdom unto this time, at least had been confederates, by what is said Gen 36:35 though Jarchi thinks there was always a mutual hatred of each other, and that Midian now came against Moab to war, but for fear of Israel a peace was made between them, just as it was with Herod and Pontius Pilate in another case, Luk 23:12, however, they were friends as well as neighbours now; and by which it appears, that this Midian was not that where Jethro lived, which was on the Red sea, near Mount Sinai, in Arabia Felix; this was near the river Arnon, and the Moabites in Arabia Petraea; and though both the one and the other descended from Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah, yet they had spread themselves, or the one was a colony from the other, and might be distinguished into southern and northern Midianites; the latter were those near Moab; and these elders of Midian, addressed by the king of Moab, being now at his court, whether sent for or not, are the same with the five kings or princes of Midian, as they are called, Num 31:8 as Aben Ezra observes:
now shall this company lick up all that are round about us; consume us, and all our people, and all adjoining to us, and depending on us:
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as the ox licketh up the grass of the field; as easily, and as soon, and as completely and entirely; nor are we any more able to oppose them than the grass of the field is to resist and hinder the ox from devouring it:
and Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time; according to the Targum of Jonathan, Midianites and Moabites reigned by turns so long a time; and that Balak was a Midianite, and so says Jarchi, and unfit for the kingdom, and was set over them through necessity for a time: but it seems rather that he was king in succession after his father Zippor; and the design of the expression is only to show, that he who was before mentioned, Num 22:2 was the then reigning prince when this affair happened.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sore afraid - As it was foretold both in…
Sore afraid - As it was foretold both in general of all nations, Deut. ii, 25, and particularly concerning Moab, Exod. xv, 15.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 22:3. Moab was sore afraid — As Moses…
Num 22:3. Moab was sore afraid — As Moses had foretold of Moab in particular, (Exo 15:15,) and as the Lord himself had promised concerning all nations in general, Deu 2:25. The Moabites were afraid lest the Israelites should destroy or expel them out of their country, as they had done the Amorites; for they knew nothing of God’s command, prohibiting them from disturbing the Moabites in their possessions.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Of him: Israel. (Menochius) --- They knew not that…
Of him: Israel. (Menochius) --- They knew not that God had forbidden the Hebrews to attack the Moabites, unless they were first assailed. Joseph. --- Hebrew, "Moab was much afraid of the people, because of their numbers, and was distressed (and upon his guard) on account of the children of Israel." (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Moab was sore afraid — This fear was…
3. Moab was sore afraid — This fear was groundless, since Israel had circuitously passed by the Moabites and had now left them in the rear. They had broken the power of their foes, the Amorites, and had scrupulously obeyed the command, “Distress not the Moabites.” Deu_2:9.
Was distressed — Hebrew, loathed and felt disgust and abhorrence. See Num_21:5.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. The two halves of the verse appear to…
3. The two halves of the verse appear to be doublets, from E and J respectively.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And Moab was sore afraid of the people.—There…
(3) And Moab was sore afraid of the people.—There was no ground for this apprehension, inasmuch as the Divine command given to Moses was “Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle” (Deu_2:9). It does not appear, however, that Balak was aware of the prohibition; and the recent conquests of the Israelites naturally filled the Moabites with alarm, especially inasmuch as when the Israelites sent to the King of Moab to ask permission to pass through his land he did not consent (Jdg_11:17).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Moab was sore afraid of the people. While the…
Moab was sore afraid of the people. While the Israelites had moved along their eastern and north-eastern border, the Moabites supplied them with provisions, (Deu_2:29) desiring, no doubt, to be rid of them, but not disdaining to make some profit by their presence. But after the sudden defeat and overthrow of their own Amorite conquerors, their terror and uneasiness forced them to take some action, although they dared not commence open hostilities.
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