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Moab

149 verses · 3 known names

Also known as: Moabites, Moabitish

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Verses Mentioning Moab

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  1. Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.

  2. Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

  3. They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise.

  4. From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

  5. the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”

  6. and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.

  7. For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.

  8. for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

  9. Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

  10. The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

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

  12. Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

  13. The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

  14. He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

  15. Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,

  16. The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”

  17. Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

  18. When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

  19. He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

  20. He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

  21. He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”

  22. I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.

  23. Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;

  24. Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  25. These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.