Peor
Mountain
Location disputed
Where Scholars Place It
- Khirbet Ayun Musa Possible
- Khirbet el Muhatta Possible
Named in 7 Verses
- Numbers 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
- 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.
- Numbers 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
- Numbers 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
- Joshua 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
- Psalms 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
