King James Version
Numbers 23:28 in the King James Version says “And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.”
Numbers 23:28 · KJV
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“unto the top”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“of Peor”
H6465peor, a mountain east of jordan in moab; baal peor, (for h1187) a deity worshipped there
“that looketh”
H8259properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e., (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“toward”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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