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Selected Verse: Numbers 23:28 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 23:28 |
King James |
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor--or, Beth-peor (Deu 3:29), 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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Peor - An high place called Beth - peor, Deu 3:29. That is, the house or temple of Peor, because there they worshipped Baal - peor. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.