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Numbers 22:41

In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal. From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - High Places;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baal;   False;   Gods, False;   High Places;   Idolatry;   Images;   Places;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   High Places;   Idolatry;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bamah, Plural Bamoth;   Midianites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bamah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bamoth-Baal;   Kirjath Huzoth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bamoth-Baal;   Kiriath-Huzoth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Bamoth, Bamoth-Baal;   Kiriath-Huzoth;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baal, Baalim ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baal;   Balak;   Midian;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baal;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'al,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bamoth;   Palestine;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bamoth-Baal;   Dan;   Hafá¹­arah;   Joshua, the Samaritan Book of;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
New Century Version
The next morning Balak took Balaam to Bamoth Baal; from there he could see the edge of the Israelite camp.
New English Translation
Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and conducted him to the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.
World English Bible
It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
Amplified Bible
Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; from there he saw a portion of the Israelites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe whanne the morewtid was maad, Balaach ledde Balaam to the hiye placis of Baal, and he bihelde the laste part of the puple, `that is, al the oost til to the laste part.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass in the morning, that Balak taketh Balaam, and causeth him to go up the high places of Baal, and he seeth from thence the extremity of the people.
Berean Standard Bible
The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
Contemporary English Version
The next morning, Balak took Balaam to the town of Bamoth-Baal. From there, Balaam could see some of the Israelites.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
Bible in Basic English
And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And on the morowe Balac toke Balaam, and brought hym vp into the hye places of Baal, that thence he might see the vtmost part of the people.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the morning Balak took Bil‘am and brought him up to the high places of Ba‘al; from there he could see a portion of the people.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from thence the extremity of the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
The next morning Balak took Balaam to the town of Bamoth Baal. From there they could see part of the Israelite camp.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe on the morrow, that Balak tooke Balaam, and brought him vp into the high places of Baal, that thence hee might see the vtmost part of the people.
New Life Bible
The next morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal. From there he saw part of the people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
On the next day Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal; and from there he could see part of the people of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal, - and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And on the morowe Balak tooke Balaam, and brought him vp into the hie places of Baal, that thence hee might see the vtmost part of the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him to a high place of Baal, and from there he saw the uttermost part of the people of Israel.
Good News Translation
The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, from where Balaam could see a part of the people of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when morning was come, he brought him to the high places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the people.
Revised Standard Version
And on the morrow Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-ba'al; and from there he saw the nearest of the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it was morning; and Balac took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and shewed him thence a part of the people.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the morning, that Balak took Bil`am, and brought him up into the high places of Ba`al; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened, in the morning Balak took Balaam and took him up to Bamoth-Baal, and he saw from there the end of the nation.
Literal Translation
And it happened in the morning, and Balak took Balaam and caused him to go up to the high places of Baal. And from there he saw the edge of the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And in the mornynge, Balac toke Balaam, and they wete vp to the hye place of Baal, that from thece he might se vnto the vttemost parte of ye people
THE MESSAGE
At daybreak Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal (The Heights of Baal) so that he could get a good view of some of the people.
New American Standard Bible
Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from there a portion of the people.
New King James Version
So it was, the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, that from there he might observe the extent of the people.
New Living Translation
The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see some of the people of Israel spread out below him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from there a portion of the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then it happened in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from there the end of the camp of the people.

Contextual Overview

36When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory. 37Balak asked Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?” 38Balaam said to him, “Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.” 39So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. 40Balak sacrificed cattle, sheep, and goats and sent for Balaam and the officials who were with him. 41In the morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him to Bamoth-baal. From there he saw the outskirts of the people’s camp.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

high places: Bamoth baal, "the high places of Baal," probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in Numbers 21:19, Numbers 21:20, evidently not far from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim: for the Israelites were now encamped in the plains of Moab, which these mountains overlook. Baal, which signifies a lord or governor, was a name common to many idols; and probably here was the same as Chemosh, the god of Moab. Numbers 25:2, Numbers 25:3, Deuteronomy 12:2, 2 Chronicles 11:15, Jeremiah 48:35

utmost: Numbers 23:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 32:38 - Baalmeon Joshua 13:17 - Bamothbaal Isaiah 16:12 - when Jeremiah 19:5 - the high Micah 6:5 - Shittim

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The day after the arrival of Balaam at Balak's royal seat, and after the entertainment given him, and the princes, "on the morning" y of that day, as the word signifies; and perhaps early in the morning, the king eager to be about business, and get the people of Israel cursed if possible as soon as could be:

that Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal; where groves were planted, and altars erected to that "idol" and which the Targum of Jonathan calls the idol Peor, the same with Baalpeor,

Numbers 25:3 which might be their god Chemosh, the same with Bacchus or Priapus:

that thence he might see the utmost part of the people; the whole host of Israel, even to the extreme part of it; the camp of Dan, as the Targum of Jonathan, which brought up the rear; he had him to those high places, both that he might have a better view of the whole body of the people, and know how they lay, and to direct his curses at them, and that success might attend the undertaking, these being places of religious worship. Josephus says z those high places were sixty furlongs or seven and one half miles from the camp of Israel.

y בבקר in matutino, Montanus; mane, V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. z Antiqu. l. 4. c. 6. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 22:41. That - he might see the utmost part of the people. — As he thought Balaam must have them all in his eye when he pronounced his curse, lest it might not extend to those who were not in sight. On this account he took him up into the high places of Baal.


 
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