Baal-peor

      Baal-peor

      meaning: master of the opening

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    Dictionary Summary: Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites ([Num. 25:3](/num#Num.25.3); [31:16](/num#Num.31.16); [Josh. 22:17](/josh#Josh.22.17)), worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol ([Num. 25:3](/num#Num.25.3), [5](/num#Num.25.5), [18](/num#Num.25.18); [Deut. 4:3](/deut#Deut.4.3); [Ps. 106:28](/ps#Ps.106.28); [Hos. 9:10](/hos#Hos.9.10)). 2

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    BookCross-References
    Deut
      4.3 
    Hos
      9.10 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.