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Numbers 23:14 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.Numbers 23:14 · King James Version
Numbers 23:14 in context
12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- broughtlâqachto takeH3947 →
- offeredʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- ZophimTsôphîymTsophim, a place East of the JordanH6839 →
- Zophimtsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- PisgahPiçgâhPisgah, a Mountain East of JordanH6449 →
- altarsmizbêachan altarH4196 →
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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 Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-30