Numbers 23:14 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- Balak's disappointment, and second sacrifice, Balaam again blesses IsraelBalak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second...
Thompson Chains
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Cross References
- Numbers 23:1–2 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. …
- Numbers 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
- Numbers 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
- Deuteronomy 3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
- Deuteronomy 4:49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
- Deuteronomy 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
- Isaiah 1:10–11 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. …
- Isaiah 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
- Hosea 12:11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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Topics
- Altar Built by Balaam
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Moabites Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
- Pisgah Balaam prophesies on
- Sorcery By Balaam
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
- Zophim 1. A place on the top of Pisgah
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Places
- ZophimArea · Location disputed
- PisgahMountain · Location disputed
- Places in Numbers 23 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- PisgahA part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak offered up sacrifices (Num 21:20; Num 23:14), and...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And he brought וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ wayyiqqāḥēhû לָקַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- him into the field שְׂדֵה śĕdê שָׂדֶה Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Zophim צֹפִים ṣōpîm צֹפִים Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural צָפָה tsâphâh
- to the top אֶל ʾel Preposition רֹאשׁ rōʾš רֹאשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Pisgah הַפִּסְגָּה happisgâ פִּסְגָּה Proper name · with the
- and built וַיִּבֶן wayyiben בָּנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- seven שִׁבְעָה šibʿâ שֶׁבַע Number · masculine singular
- altars מִזְבְּחֹת mizbĕḥōt מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural
- and offered וַיַּעַל wayyaʿal עָלָה Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- a bullock פָּר pār פַּר Noun · masculine singular
- and a ram וָאַיִל wāʾayil אַיִל Noun · masculine singular · with and
- on every altar בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ bammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
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