Peor
A written article for Peor is still to come. Below and alongside: where Peor appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Peor
Original word
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פְּעוֹר peor, peorsH6465
Where Peor appears in Scripture
וַיִּקַּח בָּלָק אֶת-בִּלְעָם רֹאשׁ הַפְּעוֹר הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל-פְּנֵי הַיְשִׁימֹֽן׃
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
כִּי צֹֽרְרִים הֵם לָכֶם בְּנִכְלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר-נִכְּלוּ לָכֶם עַל-דְּבַר-פְּעוֹר וְעַל-דְּבַר כָּזְבִּי בַת-נְשִׂיא מִדְיָן אֲחֹתָם הַמֻּכָּה בְיוֹם-הַמַּגֵּפָה עַל-דְּבַר-פְּעֽוֹר׃
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.
הֵן הֵנָּה הָיוּ לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְבַר בִּלְעָם לִמְסָר-מַעַל בַּֽיהוָה עַל-דְּבַר-פְּעוֹר וַתְּהִי הַמַּגֵּפָה בַּֽעֲדַת יְהוָֽה׃
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.
הַמְעַט-לָנוּ אֶת-עֲוֹן פְּעוֹר אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא-הִטַּהַרְנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיְהִי הַנֶּגֶף בַּֽעֲדַת יְהוָֽה׃
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,