Numbers 22:4 References

4 Moab said to the elders of aMidian, "Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

a Numbers 25:15-18, Numbers 31:1-3


Numbers 25

15 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was aCozbi the daughter of bZur, who was head of the people of a father's household in Midian.
16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
17 "aBe hostile to the Midianites and strike them;
18 for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor."

Numbers 31

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "aTake full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be bgathered to your people."
3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute athe Lord'S vengeance on Midian.