Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

PEOR (Place)

1. Mountain east of the Jordan and north of the Dead Sea where Balak led Balaam in a final effort to evoke a curse on Israel (Nm 23:28). The camp of Israel at Shittim was visible from the site (24:2). There Israel initiated a sexual orgy with the Moabite women, and worshiped Baal (25:1-13). The exact location of the mountain is not certain, though Eusebius and Jerome place it opposite Jericho on the way to Heshbon. It is thus believed to be near Mt Nebo in the Abarim range.

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OET-RV NUM 23:28

28 So Balak took him to the top of Mt. Pe’or that faces down to the wilderness,

OET-LV NUM 23:28

28 And_ Bālāq _he/it _took DOM Bilˊām the _top _of (the)_Pəˊōr which_looks_down over the _face _of (the)_Yəshimōn/(Jeshimon).

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OET-RV NUM 24:2

2 He looked up and saw Yisrael (Israel) in their tents laid out by tribe. Then God’s spirit came onto him,

OET-LV NUM 24:2

2 And_ Bilˊām _he _lifted _up DOM eyes _of_his and_he/it _saw DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) dwelling to_tribes _of_its and_it _became on/upon/above_him/it the _spirit _of god.

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2. Place cited in the Septuagint in Joshua 15:59, but not in Hebrew manuscripts. It is identified as the modern Khirbet Faghur, southwest of Bethlehem.

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OET-RV JOS 15:59

59 Ma’arat, Beyt-Anot, and Eltekon—six cities as well as their villages.

OET-LV JOS 15:59

59 And_Maarath and_Bēyt- anoth and_ʼEltəqōn cities six and_villages _of_their.

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