John Trapp Complete Commentary
Numbers 23:28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Ver. 28. Unto the top of Peor.] An idolatrous and therefore most unlikely place. Deu 3:29
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Ver. 28. Unto the top of Peor.] An idolatrous and therefore most unlikely place. Deu 3:29
Verse Numbers 23:28. _UNTO THE TOP OF PEOR_] Probably the place where the famous Baal-peor had his chief temple. He appears to have been the Priapus of the Moabites, and to have been worshipped with t...
The position of Peor northward from Pisgah, along the Abarim heights, is approximately determined by the extant notices of Beth-peor. JESHIMON - was the waste, in the great valley below, where stood...
THE PARABLES OF BALAAM Chapter S 23-24 _ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_ 2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11) 3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13) 4. The second parable
NUMBERS 23:25 TO NUMBERS 24:2. BALAK'S SACRIFICES PRELIMINARY TO BALAAM'S THIRD ORACLE. The scene of these was Peor, some mountain overlooking the desert bordering the Dead Sea on the W. The inconsist...
JESHIMON. See note on Numbers 21:20....
_the top of_ THE _Peor_&c. An expression exactly parallel to that in Numbers 21:20 (see note). The site of -the Peor" is unknown, but it was evidently in the neighbourhood of the Pisgah. And Beth-peor...
UNTO THE TOP OF PEOR— Which was the most famous high place in all the country of Moab; and where, Selden conjectures, Baal had a temple, and was thence called Baal-peor; just as Jupiter, worshipped at...
F. THE THIRD BLESSING vv. 25-30 TEXT Numbers 23:25. And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26. But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,...
_AND BALAK BROUGHT BALAAM UNTO THE TOP OF PEOR, THAT LOOKETH TOWARD JESHIMON._ Brought Balaam unto the top of Peor - the eminence on the Abarim range which stood a little north of Nebo, and nearer th...
PEOR] is a peak of the mountain range of Moab. See on Numbers 23:14. On Jeshimon see on Numbers 21:20....
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 BALAAM’S FIRST *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 23:1-12 V1 Balaam said to Balak, ‘Build 7 *altars here. Then bring to
UNTO THE TOP OF PEOR. — Mount Peor was one peak of the northern part of the mountains of Abarim. It was nearer than the other heights to the camp of the Israelites. It looked toward, or over the face...
וַ יִּקַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק אֶת ־בִּלְעָ֑ם רֹ֣אשׁ הַ
NO ENCHANTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL Numbers 23:13 Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer's vision, so that he might see an attenuated Israel from a height...
The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange surroundings. Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned aside to inquire of Jehovah. The result was that we hav...
Phogor. Hebrew, "Pehor, which looketh towards Jeshimon, or the desert." This was a part of the same chain of the mountains Abarim, with Phasga, ver. 14. Balac foolishly supposed that in a different as...
Nothing can be more evident, I think, from the perusal of the whole conference between Balak and Balaam, than that Balak was satisfied of Balaam's wish to oblige him with cursing Israel, had he dared...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
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...
_Unto the top of Peor_ The most famous high-place in all the country of Moab, where, as Seiden conjectures, Baal had a temple, called _Beth-peor_, or _the house of Peor_, (Deuteronomy 3:29,) and was t...
1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable. 1 AND Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build me here seuen Altars, and prepare mee here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, an...
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, a peak in the mountain range which ran parallel to the Jordan and the Dead Sea, that LOOKETH TOWARD JESHIMON, with an unobstructed view over the entire c...
The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance....
BALAAM'S FIRST PROPHECY (vs.1-12) THE SANCTIFICATION OF ISRAEL Chapter 22:41 tells us that Balak brought Balaam to the high places of Baal in order to prophecy against Israel. Here he observed onl...
11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessin...
PEOR, a high place called _Beth-peor_, DEUTERONOMY 3:29, i.e. the house or temple of Peer, because there they worshipped _Baal-peor_....
Numbers 23:28 Balak H1111 took H3947 (H8799) Balaam H1109 top H7218 Peor H6465 overlooks H8259 (H8737)...
THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE YAHWEH (NUMBERS 23:27 TO NUMBERS 24:13). The previous two attempts at enchantment having failed Balak decided that he must try again, this time with Baal-peor. Some may...
CONTENTS: Balaam blesses instead of curses Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak. CONCLUSION: Those who have the good will of heaven may expect the ill will of hell but God will not suffer real inj...
Numbers 23:1. _Seven altars._ The Lord commanded Job's friends to take seven bullocks and seven rams, offered no doubt on seven altars: Job 42:8. This was the highest sacrifice a nation could present....
_Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor._ THE WICKED ARE WISE IN THEIR KIND TO BRING THEIR WICKED PURPOSES TO PASS We may observe by continual experience the nature of ungodly men. They are cunnin...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 23:13 Balaam observes that GOD does not CHANGE HIS MIND, so the blessing already pronounced cannot be turned into a curse (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 23:1. _Build me here seven altars_. “As _seven_ was a number of perfection, Balaam chose it on this occasion, because he intended to offer a grand sacrifice, and...
NUMBERS 23:1 BUILD ME HERE SEVEN ALTARS. According to the common opinion of the heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the God with whom they had to do, and if possible to secure his...
Numbers 23:1-30 And God met Balaam: and Balaam said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,...
Numbers 21:20...
Peor — An high place called Beth — peor, Deuteronomy 3:29. That is, the house or temple of Peor, because there they worshipped Baal — peor....