Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 23:29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balaam said unto Balak,…. Being willing to try again what could be done, and to gratify the king, and especially to get the wages of unrighteousness, if possible, which he dearly loved, as the apostle says, 2Pe 2:15
build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams; which had been done in two places before, Nu 23:1 the same sort of creatures, and the same number here as there, and these only clean creatures, such as were used in sacrifice by the true worshippers of God, and which, no doubt, Balaam had knowledge of, and therefore judged that those would be most acceptable to the Lord.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He takes the seer “ to the top of Peor, which looks over the face of the desert ” ( Jeshimon: see at Num 21:20), and therefore was nearer to the camp of the Israelites. Mount Peor was one peak of the northern part of the mountains of Abarim by the town of Beth-peor, which afterwards belonged to the Reubenites (Jos 13:20), and opposite to which the Israelites were encamped in the steppes of Moab (Deu 3:29; Deu 4:46). According to Eusebius ( Onom. s. v. ), Peor was above Libias (i.e., Bethharam),
(Note: . Jerome has “ in supercilio Libiados .”)
which was situated in the valley of the Jordan; and according to the account given under Araboth Moab,
(Note: (i.e., Heshbon) .)
it was close by the Arboth Moab, opposite to Jericho, on the way from Libias to Heshbon. Peor was about seven Roman miles from Heshbon, according to the account given s. v. Danaba; and Beth-peor ( s. v. Bethphozor) was near Mount Peor, opposite to Jericho, six Roman miles higher than Libias, i.e., to the east of it (see Hengstenberg, Balaam, p. 538).
Num 23:29-30 The sacrifices offered in preparation for this fresh transaction were the same as in the former cases (Num 23:14, and Num 23:1, Num 23:2).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Num 23:1, Num 23:2
Reciprocal: Num 22:17 – and I will do Num 23:14 – built seven 1Ch 15:26 – bullocks 2Ch 29:21 – seven Job 42:8 – seven bullocks Mic 6:6 – with