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  2. Peor - Wikipedia

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    A reference to a deity who was worshipped at that mountain peak and, biblically, was the subject of the heresy of Peor. The deity, worshipped by the Moabites, is biblically referred to as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3,5, 18) and as the "house of peor" (בית פעור) (Deuteronomy 3:29), generally meaning the Baal of Peor.

  3. Belphegor - Wikipedia

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    Belphegor (or Baal Peor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr – “Lord of the Gap”) is, in the Abrahamic religions, a demon associated with one of the seven deadly sins. According to religious tradition, he helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by proposing incredible inventions that will make them rich.

  4. Numbers 31 - Wikipedia

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    Idolatry with Baal-Peor (1970) by Phillip Medhurst Zimri and Kozbi portrayed as having sex in a regular tent when Phinehas kills them (1700) [note 4] Modern Tabernacle replica in the Timna Valley (2011) Scholars disagree about the exact motive Yahweh is claimed to have had in ordering Moses to wage the War against the Midianites.

  5. Baal - Wikipedia

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    According to Tabari, baal is a term used by Arabs to denote everything which is a lord over anything. [101] Al-Thaʿlabī offers a more detailed description about Baal; accordingly it was an idol of gold, twenty cubits tall, and had four faces. [99]

  6. Theophory in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Baal-Peor – master of Peor; master of the opening Baal-perazim – lord of divisions Baal-shalisha – the lord that presides over three; the third idol Baal-tamar – master of the palm-tree Baal-zebub – lord of the fly (satirical corruption of Ba'al-zebul - lord of princes) Baal-zephon – the lord/possession of the north/hidden/secret

  7. Phinehas - Wikipedia

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    Displeased with the immorality with which the Moabites and Midianites had successfully tempted the Israelites (Numbers 25:1–9) to inter-marry and to worship Baal-peor, Phinehas personally executed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman while they were together in the man's tent, running a javelin or spear through the man and the belly of the ...

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  9. Baal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Baal (demon), a Christian demon, loosely identified with the Canaanite god; Baal Peor, a Canaanite deity; Baal-berith, worshiped in ancient Canaan; Baal-zebub or Beelzebub, a demon in some Abrahamic religions; Hadad, a Canaanite deity commonly known as Baal or Ba'lu; Baal Hammon, chief god of Ancient Carthage