Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Caused Universal Terror and Dismay

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. …

…and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.

So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,