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Beth-peor

Moab (Transjordan) · Old Testament · 4 verses

Beth-peor was a place in the land of Moab, in the valley across from Jericho. Israel camped nearby at the end of the wilderness journey. The name appears in Numbers, Joshua in the King James text.

About Beth-peor

Beth-peor was a place in the land of Moab, in the valley across from Jericho. Israel camped nearby at the end of the wilderness journey.

Its place in the story

Israel camped in the valley near Beth-peor while Moses gave his final words, and Moses was buried in a valley in Moab opposite Beth-peor. It is tied to the events at the border of the promised land.

Beth-peor in Scripture (KJV)

“And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.”

Numbers 23:28 (KJV)

“For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.”

Numbers 25:18 (KJV)

“Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.”

Numbers 31:16 (KJV)

“Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,”

Joshua 22:17 (KJV)

Where it leads

Beth-peor, near where Moses was laid to rest, marks the close of the wilderness journey before entry into the land, pointing to the rest given in Christ.

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