Place Old Testament
Bamoth-baal
Also known as Bamoth, -baal =ESV, KJV; Bamoth, Baal =NIV; high places of, Baal =KJV, heights =ESV; citizens of heights of =NIV; lords of the high places =KJV
Bamoth-baal was a Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam to curse Israel. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Numbers 21:28.
Why it matters. Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam.
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- Location
- 31.765, 35.719 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Bamoth-baal
Bamoth-baal, meaning "high places of Baal," was a Moabite place of worship mentioned in Numbers 22:41. It was one of the locations where Balak, the king of Moab, took the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites as they were passing through the region. From Bamoth-baal, Balaam could see a portion of the Israelite camp. The place was likely situated on an elevated location, as its name suggests, and was associated with the worship of the Canaanite deity Baal. In Joshua 13:17, Bamoth-baal is listed as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Reuben in the territory east of the Jordan River. Numbers 21:28 also mentions Bamoth-baal in the context of the Amorite conquest of Moab before the Israelites arrived in the area.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.