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#REDIRECT [[Numbers 31#Israelite–Moabite fraternisation at Peor (Numbers 25:1–9)]] |
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[[File:Figures Moab Leads Israel into Sin.jpg|thumb|right|220px|''Moab leads Israel into sin'']] |
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The '''heresy of Peor''' is an event related in the [[Torah]] at [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 25:1–15. Later biblical references to the event occur in Numbers 25:18 and 31:16, [[Deuteronomy]] 4:3, [[Joshua]] 22:17, [[Hosea]] 9:10; [[Psalms|Psalm]] 106:28. [[New Testament]] references are found in [[1 Corinthians]] 10:8 and [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 2:14.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
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==In the Hebrew Bible== |
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The story proceeds from that of the [[prophet]] [[Balaam]], in which he ascends the mountain of Pe‘or, and makes sacrifices to God from atop it. Having finished his sacrifices, Balaam views the [[Israelites]] on the plain below, and although hired to curse them, pronounces a blessing over them, prophesying their blessed nature and destruction of [[Moab]] and the other adversaries of Israel.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Numbers|22-24|HE}}</ref> |
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The Israelites, after spending a short time in the plain of Moab, begin to involve themselves with the Moabite women. Consequently, under the influence of Moabite culture, the Israelites begin participating in the worship of the Moabite gods, and join themselves to ''Baal Peor'' (Hebrew בעל פעור ''Ba‘al P<sup>ə</sup>‘ôr''), in the Septuagint ''Beelphegōr'', a [[baal]] associated with Mount Pe‘or.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Numbers|25:1-3|HE}}</ref> In Numbers 25:4, [[Yahweh]] orders [[Moses]] to gather the chiefs of the people and hang up the idolaters before Yahweh to turn away Yahweh's anger. |
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The scene then abruptly shifts from concerns about Moabites to those about [[Midian]]ites. A man — Israelite [[Zimri (prince)|Zimri]], the son of Salu — brings a Midianite woman [[Cozbi]] into the camp in the sight of Moses, where the people are weeping. [[Phinehas]], grandson of [[Aaron]], thereupon rises up with a spear, follows the man into a tent and thrusts the spear through both the man and woman. The plague, from which 24,000 had died, then stopped.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Numbers|25:4-9|HE}}</ref> Because of his action, God then promises Phinehas a "covenant of peace" and a "covenant of eternal priesthood".<ref>{{Bibleverse|Numbers|25:10-13|HE}}</ref> |
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God then commands [[Moses]] to wage a war of revenge against the Midianites.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Numbers|25:16-18|HE}}</ref> However, the war is only launched several chapters later, in [[Numbers 31]], with only virgin women being spared.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Balak (parsha)]] |
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* [[Belphegor]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=12&letter=B Jewish Encyclopedia: Baal-Peor] |
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[[Category:Moab]] |
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[[Category:Midian]] |
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[[Category:Deities in the Hebrew Bible]] |
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[[Category:Judaism-related controversies]] |
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[[Category:Book of Numbers]] |
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[[Category:Baal]] |
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