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Peor

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Balak brings Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the desert (Numbers 23:28). Numbers 25:18 says the Midianites deceived Israel in the matter of Peor. Numbers 31:16 has Moses say that the women kept alive in the war, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so that the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.

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JOS 22:13–20, engwebp
¹³The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.
¹⁴With him were ten princes, one prince of a fathers’ house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their fathers’ houses among the thousands of Israel.
¹⁵They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
¹⁶“The whole congregation of the LORD says, ‘What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away today from following the LORD, in that you have built yourselves an altar, to rebel today against the LORD?
¹⁷Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD,
¹⁸that you must turn away today from following the LORD? It will be, since you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
¹⁹However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of the LORD, in which the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the LORD our God’s altar.
²⁰Didn’t Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn’t perish alone in his iniquity.’”
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NUM 23:27–30, engwebp
²⁷Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
²⁸Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
²⁹Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”
³⁰Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
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NUM 25:16–18, engwebp
¹⁶The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
¹⁷“Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
¹⁸for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”
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NUM 31:13–18, engwebp
¹³Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
¹⁴Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
¹⁵Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
¹⁶Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
¹⁷Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
¹⁸But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Peor” by name and 4 shared verses. The centre of the area given for its leading identification, within 1 km of Beth-peor (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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within 1 km of Beth-peor
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.77702, 35.7385
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Peor” (CC BY 4.0)

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Numbers 23:28 Open that verse

Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

Numbers 25:18 Open that verse

for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”

Joshua 22:17 Open that verse

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of the LORD,

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Entry: Peor (place-peor)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/peor
Current wording: Balak brings Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks down on the desert (Numbers 23:28). Numbers 25:18 says the Midianites deceived Israel in the matter of Peor. Numbers 31:16 has Moses say that the women kept alive in the war, through the counsel of Balaam, caused the children of Israel to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so that the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
Cited evidence: JOS 22:13–20, engwebp / NUM 23:27–30, engwebp / NUM 25:16–18, engwebp / NUM 31:13–18, engwebp
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