... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > the story of Balaam (Numbers 22-24) > the Moabite King Balak, alarmed by the arrival of the Israelites, sends messengers to Balaam to pronounce a curse on them