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Numbers 23:28

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So Balak took Balaam,—unto the head of Peor, that looketh over the face of the Jeshimon.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshimon.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Ashimon.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And Bela{gr.Balac} took Balaam to the top of Peor{gr.Phogor}, which extends to the wilderness.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And Balaq brought Bilam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Yeshimon.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And Bäläk בָּלָק 1111
{1111} Prime
בָּלָק
Balaq
{baw-lawk'}
From H1110; waster; Balak, a Moabitish king.
brought 3947
{3947} Prime
לָקַח
laqach
{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x853
(0853) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
Bil`äm בִּלעָם 1109
{1109} Prime
בִּלְעָם
Bil`am
{bil-awm'}
Probably from H1077 and H5971; not (of the) people, that is, foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine.
unto the top 7218
{7218} Prime
רֹאשׁ
ro'sh
{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
of Pæ`ôr פְּעוֹר, 6465
{6465} Prime
פְּעוֹר
P@`owr
{peh-ore'}
From H6473; a gap; Peor, a mountain East of Jordan; also (for H1187) a deity worshipped there.
that looketh 8259
{8259} Prime
שָׁקַף
shaqaph
{shaw-kaf'}
A primitive root; properly to lean out (of a window), that is, (by implication) peep or gaze (passively be a spectacle).
z8737
<8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 793
toward 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
Yæšîmön יְשִׁימֹן. 3452
{3452} Prime
יְשִׁימוֹן
y@shiymown
{yesh-ee-mone'}
From H3456; a desolation.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Numbers 23:28

_ _ Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor — or, Beth-peor (Deuteronomy 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Numbers 23:13-30.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 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.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Jeshimon:

Numbers 21:20 And from Bamoth [in] the valley, that [is] in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
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