Numbers 23:28

28 And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

Numbers 23:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:28

And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor
The name of an high mountain in Moab, so called from a gap or opening in it; here the idol Baal was worshipped, and from hence had the name of Baalpeor, ( Numbers 25:3 ) and here, very probably, was a temple built to the honour of him, called Bethpeor, the house or temple of Baalpeor, ( Deuteronomy 34:6 ) ,

that looketh towards Jeshimon;
as Pisgah also did, and very likely it was not far from it, since from thence they came hither, ( Numbers 23:14 ) ( 21:20 ) . Jeshimon is the same with Bethjesimoth, and so the Targum of Jonathan here calls it, a part of the plains of Moab, where Israel lay encamped, ( Numbers 33:49 ) so that from hence Balaam could have a full view of them.

Numbers 23:28 In-Context

26 And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?

27 And Balac said to Balaam, Come I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

28 And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

29 And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

30 And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on altar.