Place
Beth Peor
Site in Moab where Israel camped under Moses and near which Moses was buried, associated with the territory opposite Baal Peor.
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Beth Peor is a place in the land of , east of the in the territory that had belonged to king of the . repeatedly addresses the there in the discourses of Deuteronomy (Deut 3:29; 4:46), and it is in the valley over against Beth Peor that he is buried — the exact location unknown to this day (Deut 34:6). The name suggests a connection with Peor, the deity associated with the incident at (Num 25), and its mention in territorial descriptions marks it as a boundary reference for the allotment of .
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