And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Place. Hebrew sede tsohpim, or "the field of the sentinels. "(Chaldean) Such were commonly stationed on the top of high hills, to give notice, by kindling a fire, of the approach of an enemy, Isaias xxi. 11., and Jeremias vi. 1. (Calmet)
