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He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
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A Strategic Change of Scenery
Commentators explain that Balak moved Balaam to "the field of Zophim," which means "field of watchers," on top of Mount Pisgah. This was a strategic high ground, possibly the same place Moses later viewed the Promised Land from. Balak hoped that a different location and a new vantage point on the Israelites would yield a different, more favorable result for him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The field of Zophim - Or, “of watchers.” It lay upon the top of Pisgah, north of the former station, and nearer to the Israelite camp; the g…
19th Century
Anglican
The field of Zophim.— that is, of watchers. The spot seems to be identified with that from which Moses afterwards surveyed the pro…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he brought him into the field of Zophim Or Sede Tzophim, as Hillerus F9 reads it, so called from the …
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