Numbers 23:14 (DRB)

Passage

And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

Nearby Context

Numbers 23:12 He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?

Numbers 23:13 Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.

Numbers 23:14 And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on every one a calf and a ram,

Numbers 23:15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

Numbers 23:16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brought", "high", "place", "upon", "mount", "phasga", "balaam", and "built". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brought" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Balac therefore said Come with me to..." into verse 15's "He said to Balac Stand here by...", so "brought" and "high" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brought" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.