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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.
Belphegor (or Baal Peor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr – “Lord of the Gap”) is, in Christianity, 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.
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]
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.
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 ...
Sacrificing to gods other than Yahweh. [1]Sacrificing offspring to Molech. [2]Worshipping Baal Peor. [3]A prophet who says to follow gods other than Yahweh. [4]A person who follows gods other than Yahweh.
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
The longer the Israelites stay on the plains of Shittim, the more they intermarry with the local Moabites, and the more they participate in the local religion, worshipping a deity known as Baal-Peor. God sends a plague in retaliation, and Moses tells the judges to kill anyone participating in this practice.