Skip to main content

Numbers 22:36

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

KJV

Quod cum audisset Balac, egressus est in occursum ejus in oppido Moabitarum, quod situm est in extremis finibus Arnon.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀκούσας Βαλὰκ ὅτι ἥκει Βαλαάμ, ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ εἰς πόλιν Μωάβ, ἥτις ἐπὶ τῶν ὁρίων Ἀρνών, ὅ ἐστιν ἐκ μέρους τῶν ὁρίων.

LXX

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע בָּלָ֖ק כִּ֣י בָ֣א בִלְעָ֑ם וַ/יֵּצֵ֨א לִ/קְרָאת֜/וֹ אֶל עִ֣יר מוֹאָ֗ב אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל גְּב֣וּל אַרְנֹ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּ/קְצֵ֥ה הַ/גְּבֽוּל

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People BalaamBalak

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַרְנוֹן֙
'rnvn
proper_noun · 25×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּלָק֙
blq
proper_noun · 43×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
וֹ
v
verb · 100×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קְצֵ֣ה
qtsh
noun · 97×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 28:15 — And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
  • Isa 16:2 — For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
  • Jer 48:20 — Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
  • Judg 11:18 — Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not w
  • Num 21:13 — From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorit