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Peor

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

(A mountain in Moab)

Balak builds altars on

  • Numbers 23:28–30 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland. Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.” So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “peor” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.