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Selected Verse: Numbers 23:28 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 23:28	Strong Concordance	And Balak [01111] brought [03947] Balaam [01109] unto the top [07218] of Peor [06465], that looketh [08259] toward [06440] Jeshimon [03452].
	King James	And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

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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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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