Yahweh said to Moses, "Has Yahweh's hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not."

They rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned."

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

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."