LEB(i)
3 and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because ⌊they⌋* were numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the ⌊Israelites⌋.*
4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now the crowd will lick up all around us, like a bull devours the grass of the field." And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5 He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river,* in the land of the children of his people, to summon him, saying, "Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover ⌊the surface of the land⌋;* they are about to dwell opposite me.