Numbers 22:4
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.
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Gill's Exposition
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor,.... In consequence of the consultation held by the king of Moab with the elders of Midian; and very probably through a motion of theirs, and…
The children of Israel have at length finished their wanderings in the wilderness, out of which they went up (Num 21:18), and are now encamped in the plains of Moab near Jordan, where they continued…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And Moab said The people are represented in the person of their king.
the elders of Midian They are mentioned, in this story, only here and in Num 22:22. The Midianites may be supposed to have made…
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