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Bethpeor

(house of Peor), a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above Libias or Beth-haran. (Joshua 13:20; 3:29; 4:46)

In the Bible

4

Verses where Bethpeor is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Deuteronomy 3:29

    So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

  • Deuteronomy 4:46

    while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 34:6

    And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

  • Joshua 13:20

    Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—

Scripture on Bethpeor

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Bethpeor references

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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