1 Israel moved from there to the hills of Moab, where they camped across the River Jordan from the town of Jericho.
2-3 When King Balak of Moab and his people heard how many Israelites there were and what they had done to the Amorites, he and the Moabites were terrified and panicked.
4 They said to the Midianite leaders, “Those Israelites will wipe out everything in sight, like a bull eating grass in a field.”So King Balak
5 sent a message to Balaam son of Beor who lived among his relatives in the town of Pethor near the River Euphrates. It said:I need your help. A huge group of people has come here from Egypt and settled near my territory.