Peor, was a god of the Moabites.
The Israelites worshiped him while they camped in Sittim. The Lord brought a plague over them because of this. In that plague 24,000 Israelites were killed until Phinehas put an end to the plague by killing Zimri.
References
- Numbers 25:3,5,18 (NIV, Elberfelder)
