Numbers 23:14

23:14 So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 16:14

16:14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”


tn Heb “he brought him”; the referents (Balak and Balaam) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Some scholars do not translate this word as “Pisgah,” but rather as a “lookout post” or an “elevated place.”

tn Heb “and he built.”

tn Here אַף (’af) has the sense of “in addition.” It is not a common use.

tn Heb “will you bore out the eyes of these men?” The question is “Will you continue to mislead them?” (or “hoodwink” them). In Deut 16:19 it is used for taking a bribe; something like that kind of deception is intended here. They are simply stating that Moses is a deceiver who is misleading the people with false promises.