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Balaam’s Second Oracle

Numbers 23:28

In 11 translations

BSB
And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.Or Jeshimon
KJV
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
WEB
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
ASV
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
LSV
And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
YLT
And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
DBY
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
DRC
And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,
GNV
So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.
JPS
And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
LXXE
And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק אֶת־בִּלְעָ֑ם רֹ֣אשׁ הַפְּע֔וֹר הַנִּשְׁקָ֖ף עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ παρέλαβε Βαλὰκ τὸν Βαλαὰμ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν τοῦ Φογὼρ, τὸ παρατεῖνον εἰς τὴν ἔρημον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 21:20and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  • Psalms 106:28They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

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