Treasury of Scripture
high places. Bamoth baal, the high places of Baal, probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in ch
Numbers 21:19,20 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth...
evidently not far from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim; for the Israelites were not 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.
Numbers 25:2,3 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods...
Deuteronomy 12:2 You shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains...
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.
Jeremiah 48:35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, said the LORD, him that offers in the high places, and him that burns incense to his gods.
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Numbers 23:13 And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from from where you may see them...