Numbers 23:28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:13-30

Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would bring him to another place, form which he might see only some part of them, which would appear more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 the same obscene and abominable rites. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Numbers 23:28

Unto the top of Peer. On the meaning of Peer see on Numbers 25:3 . This Peer was a summit of the Abarim ranges northwards from Pisgah, and nearer to the Israelites. The adjacent village, Beth-Peer, was near the place of Moses' burial ( Deuteronomy 34:6 ). From the phrase used in Deuteronomy 3:29 ; Deuteronomy 4:46 , with which the testimony of Eusebius agrees, it must have lain almost opposite Jericho on the heights behind the Arboth Moab. From Peer, therefore, the whole... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Numbers 23:28

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 Beth-jeshimoth, “the house of the wastes.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 23:28

Numbers 23:28. 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 therefore named Baal-peor. Balak seems to have chosen this place in hope that, being the residence, as he fancied, of Baal, the god of Moab, the God of Israel would not or could not come thither to hinder the operation; or that, being a place acceptable to his god, it must be so... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

Balaam’s announcements (22:36-24:25)Balak welcomed Balaam and took him to a high place where he could see the vastness of the Israelite camp. Balak no doubt hoped that Balaam, on seeing this, would be convinced that the Israelites were a serious threat and would put a destructive curse upon them (36-41). But Balaam announced God’s approval of the Israelites. Their vast number, their place in history and their present migration were according to God’s will. Balaam comforted himself with the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:28

Jeshimon. See note on Numbers 21:20 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:28

Numbers 23:28. 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 Olympus, was called Jupiter Olympius. See Deuteronomy 34:6. REFLECTIONS.—Balak is now quite dispirited with his attempts. Fain would he compound the matter, that Balaam shall neither bless nor curse, whilst he owns the impulse he is under, which he is unable to controul. God's... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Numbers 23:28

28. Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor—or, Beth-peor ( :-), the eminence on which a temple of Baal stood. that looketh toward Jeshimon—the desert tract in the south of Palestine, on both sides of the Dead Sea. read more

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