Numbers 22 · Verse 41

Numbers 22:41

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.
Numbers 22:41, King James Version

Numbers 22:41 in other translations

BSBThe 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.
WEBIn the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Numbers 22:41 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
41. high places of Baal--eminences consecrated to the worship of Baal-peor (see on Nu 25:3) or Chemosh.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 22:36-41

Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Balak, as ever he had pretended to be to please God. See what need we have to pray every day, Our Father which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation. Let us be jealous over our own hearts, seeing how far men may go in the…

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Numbers 22:41 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַבֹּ֔קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
בָּלָק֙ba.LakBalakH1111
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בִּלְעָ֔םbil.'AmBalaamH1109
וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֖הוּvai.ya.'a.Le.huand he brought up himH5927
בָּמ֣וֹתba.MotBamothH1120
בָּ֑עַלBa.'alBaalH1168
וַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
מִשָּׁ֖םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
קְצֵ֥הke.Tzeh[the] outskirt[s] ofH7097
הָעָֽם\׃ha.'Amthe peopleH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 22:41

  • Numbers 23:13

    And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

  • Numbers 25:2-3

    And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

  • Numbers 21:28

    For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

  • Deuteronomy 12:2

    Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

  • Jeremiah 48:35

    Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:15

    And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
high places.{Bamoth baal,} "the high places of Baal," probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in ch. 21.19, 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.
25:2,3; De 12:2; 2Ch 11:15; Jer 48:35
utmost.
23:13

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Context

  • Numbers 22:40

    And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

  • Numbers 22:41

    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.

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Numbers 22:41 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el día siguiente Balac tomó á Balaam, é hízolo subir á los altos de Baal, y desde allí vió la extremidad del pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, le matin, que Balak prit Balaam et le fit monter aux hauts lieux de Baal, et de là il vit l’extrémité du peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah am Morgen, da nahm Balak den Bileam und führte ihn hinauf nach den Höhen des Baal, und er sah von dort aus das Äußerste des Volkes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mane autem facto, duxit eum ad excelsa Baal, et intuitus est extremam partem populi.