Biblical place

Where was Peor?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Khirbet Ayun Musa.

First appears in Numbers 23:28 · 4 books · 6 chapters

Overview

Opening. (1. ) A mountain peak (Num. 23:28) to which Balak led Balaam as a last effort to induce him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. Modern identification: Khirbet Ayun Musa.

Peor is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet Ayun Musa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 23:28 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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About 17 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 30 km away in the local coordinate layer.

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About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 48 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Peor today

Travel to Peor, the modern-day Khirbet Ayun Musa.

Peor is commonly identified with Khirbet Ayun Musa, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Peor is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Khirbet Ayun Musa

within 1 km of Khirbet Ayun Musa

31.777°N · 35.738°E

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