And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this assembly lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green [herbs] of the field. And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I will pass, if it please you, by your land; and the king of Edom would not consent. And [Israel] also sent to the king of Moab, and he did not consent; and Israel sojourned in Kadesh.

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, with regard to whom You did not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them)-

Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given Mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.

And He has appointed brooks to reach Ar to dwell [there]; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.

For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.

and you shall draw near to the children of Ammon: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance.

And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, [He is] of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.

Yea, Assyria too has come with them; they have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause.