John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 23:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, etc.] 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 Baalpeor, (<042503>Numbers 25:3) and here, very probably, was a temple built to the honour of him, called Bethpeor, the house or temple of Baalpeor, (<053406>Deuteronomy 34:6), that looketh towards Jeshimon; as Pisgah also did, and very likely it was not far from it, since from thence they came hither, (<042314>Numbers 23:14 21:20). Jeshimon is the same with Bethjesimoth, and so the Targum of Jonathan here calls it, a part of the plains of Moab, where Israel lay encamped, (<043349>Numbers 33:49) so that from hence Balaam could have a full view of them.

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