Numbers 22:3-5

Revised Geneva Translation

³ And the Moabites were very afraid of the people, because they were many. And Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

⁴ Therefore, Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now shall this multitude lick up all who are around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak, the son of Zippor, was King of the Moabites at that time.

⁵ Therefore, he sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor (which is by the river of the land of the children of his folk), to call him, saying, “Behold, a people have come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the Earth and lies next to me.