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From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: P By: James P. Boyd

Numbers 23:28; 25:18; 31:16

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(cleft). (1) The mountain in Moab to which Balak brought Balaam (Num. 23:28; 25:18; 31:16²⁸And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. (Numbers 23:28)
¹⁸For 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)
¹⁶Behold, 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)). (2) [BAAL-PEOR.]

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