Num 25:3 so the people went to B; and the fury of
Deu 4:3 what Jehovah did on account of B; that
Psa 106:28 joined themselves to B, and ate
Hos 9:10 they went to B, they parted to
Baal-peor (Heb. Ba’al Pe’or, “Baal of Peor”). Moabite god, worshiped on Mount Peor through an obscene and licentious cult. The Israelites, during their stay in Shittim and seduced by Moabite women, worshiped this god. As a result, a plague broke out among the people of Israel, during which many died (Num 25:1-9; Psa 106:28; Hos 9:10). It seems that in Num 25:18 and 31:16 this god is designated simply Peor,* or it may be that it refers to the mount of that name. This divinity is generally identified with Chemosh,* but it cannot be proved.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Lord of Worse). Moabite deity, probably also identified as †¢Chemos. Unable to curse Israel, †¢Balaam, bought with †¢Balac’s money, suggested setting a trap for God’s people through the Moabite women, who invited the Israelites to the feasts of their gods, where they made use of food sacrificed to these and participated in the sexual orgies that were common to that type of worship (Rev 2:14). In the apocryphal book †œBiblical Antiquities† or †œPseudoFilón† , the Jewish tradition on the subject is preserved with the following words: †œThen Balaam proposed to him: Come, let us see what you can do to them. Choose a few beautiful women among those who are among you and in Midian and set them before them naked and adorned with gold and precious stones. When they see them and lie with them, they will sin against their Lord and fall into your hands. Otherwise you won’t be able to beat them† . This was done, and as a consequence “the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel.” Those who had consorted with this god were ordered to be hanged. A Simeon named Zimri brought Cozbi, a Midianite, to commit fornication with her in her tent, and Phinehas speared them both. He came a massacre to the town for which about twenty-four thousand people died (Num 25: 1-15). This experience had an impact on the town, which often remembers it in its historical evolution.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary