Numbers 23:28

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor Mountain where they could look down and see the Israelis in the desert.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

In Context

27Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come with me; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to allow you to curse them from that place.”

29Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars again and kill seven young bulls and seven rams for a sacrifice.”

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Cross References

Psalms 106:28Later the Israeli people started to worship the idol of Baal who they thought lived at Peor Mountain, and they ate meat that had been sacrificed to Baal and those other lifeless gods.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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