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Numbers 22:3

IsraelMoabMoab
Fear

1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

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 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:

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BSB
and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.
KJV
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
WEB
Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
ASV
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
DARBY
And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
BLB
and Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people, because [they] were numerous. And Moab was sick with dread because of the sons of Israel.
ÅB
da ble Moab meget redd for folket, fordi det var så tallrikt, og de grudde for Israels barn.
OTB
Moab ble svært redd for folket, for de var mange; Moab ble fylt med frykt på grunn av israelittene.
B1930
da blev Moab meget redd for folket, fordi det var så tallrikt, og de grudde for Israels barn.

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  • Exodus 15:15

    Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

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  • Isaiah 23:5

    As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

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  • Joshua 9:24

    And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy 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 sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

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  • Joshua 2:10–11

    For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:25

    This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

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  • Joshua 2:24

    And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

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  • Psalms 53:5

    There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

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