And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
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Gill's Exposition
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor,.... The name of an high mountain in Moab, so called from a gap or opening in it; here the idol Baal was worshipped, and from hence had the name of…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of…
Cambridge Bible
the top of the Peor&c. An expression exactly parallel to that in Num 21:20 (see note). The site of -the Peor" is unknown, but it was evidently in the neighbourhood of the Pisgah. And Beth-peor (Deu…