Numbers 22:4

22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “Now this mass of people ¹  will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

Joshua 13:21-22

13:21 It encompassed ²  all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). ³  13:22 The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, ⁴  along with the others. ⁵ 

¹ tn The word is simply “company,” but in the context he must mean a vast company – a horde of people.

² tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”

⁴ tn Or “diviner.”

⁵ tn Heb “Balaam son of Beor, the omen-reader, the Israelites killed with the sword, along with their slain ones.”