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Baal-peor
Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num 25:3; Num 31:16; Josh 22:17), worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol (Num 25:3, Num 25:5, Num 25:18; Deut 4:3; Ps 106:28; Hos 9:10).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Numbers 25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
- Numbers 25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
- Deuteronomy 4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
- Psalms 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
