Numbers 22:3-5

New International Version

³ and Moab was terrified because there were so many people. Indeed, Moab was filled with dread^(A) because of the Israelites.

⁴ The Moabites^(B) said to the elders of Midian,^(C) “This horde is going to lick up everything^(D) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.^(E)”

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, ⁵ sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor,^(F) who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River,^(G) in his native land. Balak said: