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Numbers 22:41

Numbers 22:41
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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Barnes' Notes

That thence he might see - Rather, and thence he saw.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 22:36-41

We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God's Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectations of the success. 1. Balak speaks of it with confidence, not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and brought him up to Bamoth-Baal] See on Num 21:19. The name indicates that it was a sanctuary.

the end of the people Not the whole body of Israelites to their furthest extremity but only the nearest…