And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God's Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectations of the success. 1. Balak speaks of it with confidence, not doubting but to gain his point now that Balaam had come.
Commenting on Numbers 22:36-41
THE JOURNEY. (Num. 22:21-41) Balaam . . . saddled his ass--probably one of the white sprightly animals which persons of rank were accustomed to ride. The saddle, as usually in the East, would be nothing more than a pad or his outer cloak.
Commenting on Numbers 22:21-41
high places of Baal--eminences consecrated to the worship of Baal-peor (see on Num 25:3) or Chemosh. Next: Numbers Chapter 23