Baal-peor

First named: Numbers 25:3

Region Moab Transjordan Exodus/Wilderness

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The site of a local Baal shrine where Israelite men were drawn into idolatry and sexual immorality with Moabite women, a plague-provoking sin that Phinehas's decisive action helped end (Numbers 25).

References: Numbers 25:3

People connected to Baal-peor

Phinehas (M) — struck down Zimri and Cozbi at the height of Israel's idolatry here, stopping the plague
Numbers 25:7-8

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