Beth-peor
Beth-peor was a place east of the Jordan River, where the Israelites camped and Moses was buried in an unknown valley.
The name Beth-peor means “house of gaping, or opening”
PlaceOld Testament2 books5 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Deuteronomy 3:29; only referred to as Beth-peor (בֵּית פְּעוֹר).
Location
- Identified as
- Khirbet Ayun Musa
- Certainty
- Uncertain (25% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.777° N, 35.738° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- בֵּית פְּעוֹרBeth-peor
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Beth-peor without naming it.
- So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
- Deuteronomy 4:22Referred to, not namedFor I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
- …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.
- 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.
- Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—