Numbers 23:28 (BSB)

And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

From Numbers 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 23:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 23:13-30: Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 23:28: And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor,.... The name of an high mountain in Moab, so called from a gap or opening in it; here the idol Baal was worshipped, and from hence had the name of Baalpeor, Num 25:3 and here, very probably, was a temple built to the honour of him, called Bethpeor, the house or temple of Baalpeor, Deu 34:6...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 23:28: Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor--or, Beth-peor (Deu 3:29), the eminence on which a temple of Baal stood. that looketh toward Jeshimon--the desert tract in the south of Palestine, on both sides of the Dead Sea. Next: Numbers Chapter 24
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 23:25-28: Num 23:25-28 Balaam’s Last Words. - Num 23:25-30. Balak was not deterred, however, from making another attempt. At first, indeed, he exclaimed in indignation at these second sayings of Balaam: “Thou shalt neither curse it, nor even bless.” The double גּם with לא signifies “neither - nor;” and the rendering, “if thou do not curse it, thou shalt not bless it,” must be rejected as untenable.