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Peor (Hebrew: פְּעוֹר , Modern: Peʿōr, Tiberian: Pŏʿōr, Biblical: Paġor) meaning "opening", may refer to: . The name of a mountain peak, mentioned in Numbers 23:28, to which Balak, king of Moab led Balaam in his fourth and final attempt to induce Balaam to pronounce a curse upon the Israelites as they were passing through Balak's Land to the Promised Land.
Nonetheless, he elaborates that the Midianites in Numbers 31 were wealthy tribes that lived in the plains east of Moab. He also observes that the Ammonites joined the Moabites in corrupting Israel, according to Deuteronomy 23:3-4. [24] [25] [26] Barnes likewise suggests that the Peor incident was only perpetrated by the Midianites. [27]
"Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of ...
While the camp was still encamped on the west side of Mount Peor, the local Moabites attempted to include the Israelites in their worship of their god Baal of Peor. During the commotion and bloodshed, Moses's grandnephew Phinehas killed a Midianite princess, Cozbi, the daughter of King Zur, one of the five Kings of Midian (Numbers 25:14–18).
Mount Nebo is then mentioned again in 2 Maccabees , when the prophet Jeremiah hid the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant in a cave there. A Christian church from Byzantine times stands on the top of Mount Nebo. On March 20, 2000, Pope John Paul II visited the summit of Mount Nebo during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. [3]
For the purposes of Wikipedia categories, "Hebrew Bible" refers only to those books in the Jewish Tanakh, which has the same content as the Protestant Old Testament (including the portions in Aramaic).
Israel and the Hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across Lebanon ’ s border on Sunday, fueling fears of a wider conflict in the region as the monthslong war in Gaza continues to rage ...
Belphegor (or Baal Peor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr – “Lord of the Gap”) is, in Christianity, a demon associated with one of the seven deadly sins. According to religious tradition, he helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by proposing incredible inventions that will make them rich.