Editing Peor

{{Short description|Topics referred to by the same term}}
'''Peor''' ({{hebrew name|{{Script/Hebr|פְּעוֹר}}|Peʿōr|Pŏʿōr}}, <small>[[Biblical Hebrew|Biblical]]:</small> ''Paġor'') meaning "opening", may refer to:
*The name of a mountain peak, mentioned in [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] {{Bibleverse-nb|Numbers|23:28|9}}, to which [[Balak]], king of [[Moab]], led [[Balaam]] in his fourth and final attempt to induce Balaam to pronounce a curse upon the [[Israelites]] as they were passing through Balak's Land to the Promised Land.  The [[tribes of Israel]] were described as being visible from the peak, but Balaam refused to curse them, and continued to offer blessings ({{Bibleverse|Numbers|24:1-9|9}}).
*A reference to a deity who was worshipped at that mountain peak ([[Belphegor]]) and, biblically, was the subject of the [[Baal-peor incident|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'') ([[Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy]] 3:29), generally meaning ''the [[Baal]] of Peor''.
*An alternative translation of [[List of minor biblical places#Phagor|Phagor]], a city of Judah mentioned in the Greek (Septuagint) version of the Book of Joshua (Joshua 15:59).
*In [[John Milton|John Milton's]] "[[Paradise Lost]]", Peor is said to be the other name of the fallen angel Chemos, who "entic'd/Israel in Sittim on their march from Nile/To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe" (Paradise Lost, I.412-14). His deeds are described in the first book of the epic, as Milton describes [[Satan|Satan's]] followers who were banished from Heaven, and have pledged themselves as followers of the underworld.

==Source==
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[[Category:Hebrew Bible mountains]]
[[Category:Book of Numbers]]
[[Category:Book of Deuteronomy]]