Page "Heresy of Peor" Paragraph 2

According to the Torah, 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 whoring after the Moabite gods, and join themselves to Baal Peor ( Hebrew בעל פעור Ba ‘ al P < sup > ə </ sup >‘ ôr ), in the Septuagint Beelphegôr, a baal associated with Mount Pe ‘ or.