Numbers 23:28

What does Numbers 23:28 mean?

Q: What does Numbers 23:28 mean?

Numbers 23:28 reads, “And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.” Read it in seven English translations with cross-references and historical context on Devine Scripture.

A plain-English look at Numbers 23:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor, which looketh towards the wilderness,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.

Context

v.27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

v.28This passage

v.29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Numbers 21:20
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.
Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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