Bethpeor

Town

Location disputed Khirbet Ayun Musa: about 50 km (30 miles) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet Ayun Musa Possible
  • Khirbet el Muhatta Possible

Beth-peor in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 4 Verses

  • Deuteronomy 3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
  • Deuteronomy 4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
  • Deuteronomy 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
  • Joshua 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,

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