Beth-peor

Beth-peor is a settlement named in 4 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Khirbet Ayun Musa (low confidence; 2 other proposals below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 3:29
  So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
• Deuteronomy 4:46
  On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: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, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.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

• Joshua 13:20
  And Beth–peor, and Ashdoth–pisgah, and Beth–jeshimoth,Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.