Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The sin of Phogor. The sin committed in the worship of Beelphegor. (Challoner) Many of the prostitutes had returned home, being terrified at the slaughter of their queen, Cozbi. (Haydock)

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