“So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth Peor.
Parallel translations
- WEB So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.
- KJV So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
- BSB So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
- NASB So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
- NLT So we stayed in the valley near Beth-peor.
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Quick answer
Israel stayed in the valley near Beth Peor. It notes the location as the setting for the coming addresses.
Overview
This brief note fixes Israel's camp opposite Beth Peor, the place where Moses delivers his sermons. The mention of Peor recalls the earlier apostasy there, lending weight to the warnings about idolatry that follow. It grounds the next chapters in a specific and sobering setting.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 34:6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
- Deut 4:46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came out of Egypt.
- Num 25:3Israel joined himself to Baal Peor. Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel.
- Num 33:48–49They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Deut 4:3Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from among you.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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