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<p> The mountain top to which Balak brought Balaam, for his last conjurations, from the lower [[Pisgah]] on its S. (&nbsp;Numbers 23:28.) A little to the N.E. of the [[Dead]] Sea. Bethpeer adjoined the "ravine" (gai ) connected with Israel's camp and Moses' burial place (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:29; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 4:46; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 34:6). The ravine of [[Bethpeor]] was that which runs down from near [[Heshbon]] eastward past Beth-ram; at its upper end are a town's ruins, Naur or Taur. "The Peor" faced Jeshimon. (On Peor, contracted for Baalpeor &nbsp;Numbers 25:18; &nbsp;Numbers 31:16; &nbsp;Joshua 22:17). (See [[Baalpeor]] ).) </p>

<li> A [[Moabite]] divinity, called also "Baal-peor" (&nbsp;Numbers 25:3,5,18; Compare &nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:29 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Peor'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/p/peor.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. Peor i', פְּעוֹר '', Cleft,'' always with the art. when speaking of the mountain, but without it of the idol; Sept. Φογώρ ), the name of a hill and of a heathen deity; perhaps also of a town. </p> <p> '''1.''' A mountain on the plateau of Moab, to the top of which Balak led Balaam that he might see the whole host of [[Israel]] and curse them (&nbsp;Numbers 23:28). It appears to have been one of the ancient high places of [[Moab]] dedicated to the service of Baal (&nbsp;Numbers 22:41; &nbsp;Numbers 23:13; &nbsp;Numbers 23:27). Its position is described as "looking to the face of Jeshimon;" that is, the wilderness on either side of the Dead Sea. (See [[Desert]]). </p> <p> If it were in sight of the [[Arabah]] of Moab, on the east bank of the Jordan, where the Israelites were then encamped, it must have been one of those peaks on the western brow of the plateau which are seen between Heshbon and the banks of the [[Arnon]] (comp. Josephus, ''Ant.'' 4:6,4). Two other incidental notices of the sacred writers tend to fix its position. There can be little doubt that it was connected with the town of Beth-Peor, which is described as "over against" the site of the [[Israelitish]] camp (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 3:29; comp. 34:6). (See [[Beth-Peor]]). </p> <p> [[Josephus]] says it was sixty stadia distant from the camp (''Ant.'' 4:6, 4); [[Eusebius]] states that it lay above Livias (the ancient Beth-aran), six miles distant from it, and opposite Jericho; and [[Jerome]] mentions Mount Phogor as situated between Livias and Heshbon (Onomast. s.v. Fogor and Araboth Moab). It would seem, therefore, that this mountain was one of those peaks on the south side of [[Wady]] Heshbon commanding the Jordan valley. A place named Fuichatr(h is mentioned in the list of towns south of Es-Salt in the appendix to the first edition of Dr. Robinson's Bib. Res. (vol. iii, Append. p. 169), and this is placed by [[Van]] de Velde at the head of the Wady Eshteh, eight miles north-east of Hesban. Professor Paine, however, recently contends that it is one of the summits of the present Jebel Neba. (See Pisgah). </p> <p> '''2.''' "The matter of Peor" (דבר פ 8) mentioned in &nbsp;Numbers 25:18; &nbsp;Numbers 31:16; and the "iniquity of Peor" (עין פ 8), spoken of by Joshua (&nbsp;Joshua 22:17), refer to the Midianitish deity Baal-peor, and not to the mountain. By following the counsels of Balaam, the [[Midianites]] seduced the Israelites to take part in their worship, and the licentious revels by which it appears to have been accompanied; and thus they brought upon them the divine vengeance (&nbsp;Numbers 31:16; &nbsp;Numbers 25:1 sq.). The temple or shrine of Baal-peor probably stood on the top of the mountain; and the town of Beth-peor may have been situated at its base. [[Gesenius]] (Thesaur. p. 1119 a) gives it as his opinion that Baal-peor derived its name from the mountain, not the mountain from him. (See Baal-Peor). </p> <p> '''3.''' A Peor, under its Greek garb of Φαγώρ, appears among the eleven names added by the Sept. to the list of the allotment to Judah, between [[Bethlehem]] and Aitan (Etham). It was known to Eusebius and Jerome, and is mentioned by the latter in his translation of the ''Onomasticon'' as ''Phaoa.'' It probably still exists under the name of ''Beit Faghur'' or ''Kirbet Faghur,'' five miles south-west of Bethlehem, barely a mile to the left of the road from [[Hebron]] (Reland, ''Palaest.'' p. 643; Robinson, ''Bib. Res.'' 3:275; Tobler, ''Dritte Wanderung,'' p. 92). </p>

<p> ''''' pē´or ''''' ( הפּעור , <i> ''''' ha ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' pe‛ōr ''''' </i> ; Φογώρ , <i> ''''' Phogṓr ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A mountain in the land of Moab, the last of the three heights to which Balaam was guided by Balak in order that he might curse Israel (&nbsp;Numbers 23:28 ). It is placed by Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> on the way between Livias and Heshbon, 7 Roman miles from the latter. Buhl would identify it with <i> '''''Jebel''''' </i> <i> '''''el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Mashaḳḳar''''' </i> , on which are the ruins of an old town, between <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''A‛yūn''''' </i> <i> '''''Mūsa''''' </i> and <i> '''''Wâdy''''' </i> <i> '''''Ḥesbān''''' </i> . </p> <p> (2) A town in the [[Judean]] uplands added by [[Septuagint]] ( Φαγώρ , <i> ''''' Phagṓr ''''' </i> ) to the list in &nbsp; Joshua 15:9 . It may be identical with <i> '''''Khirbet''''' </i> <i> '''''Fāghūr''''' </i> to the South of Bethlehem. </p> <p> (3) Peor, in &nbsp;Numbers 25:18; &nbsp;Numbers 31:16; &nbsp;Joshua 22:17 , is a divine name standing for "Baal-peor." </p> <p> (4) In &nbsp;Genesis 36:39 , Septuagint reads <i> '''''Phogor''''' </i> for "Pau" (Massoretic Text), which in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:50 appears as "Pai." </p>

<p> Peor, 1 </p> <p> Pe´or, a mountain in the land of Moab . Eusebius places it between Livias and Esbus, over against Jericho; which shows that it was not supposed to be east of the Dead Sea as usually stated. It has not in modern times been recognized. </p> <p> Peor, 2 </p> <p> Peor, an idol. [BAAL PEOR] </p>