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# Balak son of Zippor
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Balak was king of Moab. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Zippor
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Zippor is the father of Balak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Moab was very afraid of the people ... Moab was in terror of the people of Israel
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These two phrases mean the same thing, and emphasize how afraid Moab was. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# Moab was very afraid
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Here "Moab" refers to the people of Moab. AT: "All of the Moabites were very afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# because they were many
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"because there were many of them"
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# The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian
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The Moabites and the Midianites were two different groups of people, but the Midianites were living in the land of Moab at that time.
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# This multitude will eat up all that is around us as an ox eats up the grass in a field
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The way the Israelites will destroy their enemies is spoken of as if they were an ox eating up the grass in a field. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# Now Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time
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This changes from the main story to background information about Balak. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/amorite]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moab]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/terror]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elder]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/midian]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible//ox]] |