Why Balak Met Balaam at the Border of Moab

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Balak 14:12

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"And he went out to meet him, to the city of Moab" (Numbers 22:36), that is, to their metropolis. What did Balak see fit in going out ahead to meet him at the borders? He said to him: These borders are ones that were fixed from the days of Noah, so that one nation should not enter into the territory of its fellow. These people are coming to do harm. And he kept showing him how they had broken through and crossed the border of Sihon, as though lodging a complaint against them.

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