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Baal-Peor

also known as: Baalpeor or Ba'al Peor

Meaning: lord of the opening

This was the name of a false god of the Moabites (Numbers 25:3; Num. 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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• Who or what is Baal?
• Answers about idolatry and false gods in the Bible and history
• Answers about idols in the Bible
• What is an idolatrous worshiper?
• What are the high places referred to in the Bible?
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About the fall of mankind to evil and depravity