Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites, worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. Definition from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain), a 19th-century Christian reference work.
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Baal-peor
The gods of their world
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- Hosea 9:10bsb
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
- Numbers 25:3bsb
So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- Numbers 31:16bsb
“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 4:3bsb
Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Joshua 22:17bsb
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
- Psalms 106:28bsb
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
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