“ And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. ”
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...
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 in...
Jeshimon. See note on Numbers 21:20 .
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. Unto the top of Peor - Probably the place where the famous Baal-peor had his chief temple. He appears to have been the Pri...
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...
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 nea...
Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
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 fa...
No Enchantment against Israel Numbers 23:13-30 Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer's vision, so that he might see an attenuated Israel from...
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 ha...
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...
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 Baalp...
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
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 wa...
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 observe...
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. B. C. 1452. 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee...
Peor, a high place called Beth-peor , Deuteronomy 3:29 , i.e. the house or temple of Peer, because there they worshipped Baal-peor .
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. S...
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,...
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 pre...
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 cu...
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 s...
The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
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.