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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Baal-peor (A male deity in the Old Testament)
Israel, nearly at the promised land, got drawn into worshipping this Moabite god through Moabite women. A plague followed, and it took Phinehas acting in zeal to stop it.
First, in plain English
Israel, nearly at the promised land, got drawn into worshipping this Moabite god through Moabite women. A plague followed, and it took Phinehas acting in zeal to stop it.
Who this is
Baal of Peor was a Moabite deity Israel was seduced into worshiping through relationships with Moabite women shortly before entering the promised land, provoking a plague that Phinehas's zealous action finally stopped.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H1187
Where it appears
- Numbers 25:3
- Numbers 25:5
- Deuteronomy 4:3
- Psalm 106:28
- Hosea 9:10
