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description: "\"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 gras\" — Read Numbers 22:4-6 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon."
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## Numbers 22:4-6 in Context (Verses 1–9 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/numbers/22/1) And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan *by* Jericho.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/numbers/22/2) ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/numbers/22/3) And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they *were* many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/numbers/22/5) 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:*
 
 [6 ](/kjv/numbers/22/6) Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they *are* too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, *that* we may smite them, and *that* I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest *is* blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/numbers/22/7) And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/numbers/22/8) And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/numbers/22/9) And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men *are* these with thee?
 
[Numbers 21](/kjv/numbers/21) [Numbers 23](/kjv/numbers/23)

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