Numbers 23:28

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the desert.

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 Balaam answered Balak, "I told you before that I can only do what the Lord tells me."

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Come, I will take you to another place. Maybe God will be pleased to let you curse them from there."

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the desert.

29 Balaam told Balak, "Build me seven altars here and prepare for me seven bulls and seven male sheep."

30 Balak did what Balaam asked, and he offered a bull and a male sheep on each altar.