1. The Israelites moved on and set up camp in the plains of Moab east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho.
2. When the king of Moab, Balak son of Zippor, heard what the Israelites had done to the Amorites and how many Israelites there were,
3. he and all his people became terrified.
4. The Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, “This horde will soon destroy everything round us, like a bull eating the grass in a pasture.” So King Balak