Numbers 23:28
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
Webster's Revision
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
World English Bible
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Clarke's Numbers 23:28 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Numbers 23:28 Bible Commentary
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."
Wesley's Numbers 23:28 Bible Commentary
23:28 Peor - An high place called Beth - peor, Deuteronomy 3:29 .That is, the house or temple of Peor, because there they worshipped Baal - peor.
