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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.
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A Pagan View of Curses
Commentators explain that Balak taking Balaam to the "high places of Baal" reveals a pagan worldview. Balak believed that for a curse to be effective, the sorcerer needed a physical line of sight to the target and had to perform the ritual at a place of religious power dedicated to a specific deity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That from there he might see— Rather, and from there he saw.
19th Century
Anglican
Into the high places of Baal.— Or, to Bamoth-Baal. Bamoth-Baal was probably the first height on the way to the steppes of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass on the morrow The day after the arrival of Balaam at Balak's royal seat, and after the entertain…
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Balak now has nothing to complain about, except that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam tells Balak not to depend too much on him. He seems to spea…
