Numbers 22:3

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“and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.”

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BSBPD

“and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it <FI>is<Fi> numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 22:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  2. Exodus 15:15Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
  3. Exodus 23:27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
  4. Deuteronomy 2:25This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
  5. Joshua 2:10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.
  6. Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
  7. Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  8. Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
  9. Isaiah 23:5When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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