Easton's Bible Dictionary: Baal-peor
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Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (
Numbers 25:3
;
31:16
;
Joshua 22:17
), worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol (
Numbers 25:3
, 5, 18;
Deuteronomy 4:3
;
Psalm 106:28
;
Hosea 9:10
).
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