Numbers 22:41
in Numbers 22The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
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This verse in Numbers 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThat - he might see the utmost part of the people - As he thought Balaam must have them all in his eye when he pronounced his curse, lest it might not extend to those who were not in sight. On this account he took him up into the high places of Baal.
This site's exposition
And Balaam went with Balak
on Numbers 22:39-41
Balak kills oxen and sheep and sends portions to Balaam and to the princes, so the working arrangement opens with a shared meal. In the morning he takes him up to the high places of Baal, a shrine of the god of the country, to look out over the camp. What he is shown is the utmost part of the people, the edge of the camp rather than the whole of it, and Balak tries the same partial view again at 23:13 once the first oracle has gone against him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The high places of Baal - Consecrated to the worship of Baal, that is, of Baal Peor, who was their Baal or God. The utmost part - That is, all that people, even to the utmost and remotest of them, as appears by comparing this with, chap. xxiii, 13.
And it came to pass on the morrow,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
That thence he might see - Rather, and thence he saw.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַבֹּ֔קֶר | vaboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וַיִּקַּ֤ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| בָּלָק֙ | balak | Balak | H1111 → | 43 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּלְעָ֔ם | bilam | Balaam | H1109 → | 61 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּ | vaiyaalehu | and he brought up him | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בָּמ֣וֹת | bamot | Bamoth | H1120 → | 4 times |
| בָּ֑עַל | baal | Baal | H1168 → | |
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| מִשָּׁ֖ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| קְצֵ֥ה | ketzeh | [the] outskirt[s] of | H7097 → | 97 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning
vabokerH1242 →214 times
וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
בָּלָק֙Balak
balakH1111 →43 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בִּלְעָ֔םBalaam
bilamH1109 →61 times
וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּand he brought up him
vaiyaalehuH5927 →890 times
בָּמ֣וֹתBamoth
bamotH1120 →4 times
בָּ֑עַלBaal
baalH1168 →
וַיַּ֥רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
מִשָּׁ֖םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
קְצֵ֥ה[the] outskirt[s] of
ketzehH7097 →97 times
הָעָֽם׃the people
haamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:2Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
- 2 Kings 16:4
And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Numbers 33:51–52
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- 2 Kings 17:10–11
They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- Deuteronomy 7:25–26
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it…
- Deuteronomy 7:5
Through
Numbers 21:28For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.
it leads to
- Numbers 21:15
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- Numbers 21:15
Through
2 Chronicles 11:15And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:28
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
- Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- 1 Kings 12:28
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.