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Numbers 23:28
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
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Hebrew Names Version
Balak took Bil`am to the top of Pe`or, that looks down on the desert.
Balak took Bil`am to the top of Pe`or, that looks down on the desert.
King James Version
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon.
Lexham English Bible
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the face of the Jeshimon.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the face of the Jeshimon.
English Standard Version
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
New Century Version
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the desert.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the desert.
New English Translation
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness.
Amplified Bible
So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.
So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.
New American Standard Bible
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.
So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.
Contemporary English Version
So he took Balaam to Mount Peor overlooking the desert north of the Dead Sea.
So he took Balaam to Mount Peor overlooking the desert north of the Dead Sea.
Complete Jewish Bible
Balak took Bil‘am to the top of P‘or, overlooking the desert.
Balak took Bil‘am to the top of P‘or, overlooking the desert.
Darby Translation
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Balak led Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks out over the desert.
So Balak led Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks out over the desert.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Ashimon.
Then Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Ashimon.
Good News Translation
So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert.
So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
Literal Translation
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks toward the wilderness.
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks toward the wilderness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he brought him vp to the toppe of mount Peor, yt boweth towarde the wyldernesse.
And he brought him vp to the toppe of mount Peor, yt boweth towarde the wyldernesse.
American Standard Version
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Balac brought Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that looketh towarde Iesimon.
And Balac brought Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that looketh towarde Iesimon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
King James Version (1611)
And Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshimon.
And Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshimon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.
And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.
English Revised Version
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Berean Standard Bible
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Balaach hadde led hym out on the `cop of the hil of Phegor, that biholdith the wildirnesse,
And whanne Balaach hadde led hym out on the `cop of the hil of Phegor, that biholdith the wildirnesse,
Young's Literal Translation
And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
Update Bible Version
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
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.
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
New King James Version
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland. [fn]
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland. [fn]
New Living Translation
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
New Life Bible
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which looks over the desert.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which looks over the desert.
New Revised Standard
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Balak took Balaam, - unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.
So Balak took Balaam, - unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
Revised Standard Version
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Pe'or, that overlooks the desert.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Pe'or, that overlooks the desert.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.
So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.
Contextual Overview
13 And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there. 14 So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. 15 Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord. 16 And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. 17 So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said? 18 And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor: 19 God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth? 20 See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away. 21 He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them. 22 It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeshimon: Numbers 21:20
Reciprocal: Isaiah 16:12 - when Ezekiel 21:21 - to use
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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. 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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 the same obscene and abominable rites.
