Numbers 23:28

23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. ¹ 

Numbers 25:18

25:18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived ²  you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, ³  their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

Numbers 31:16

31:16 Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!

¹ tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).

² tn This is the same word as that translated “treachery.”

³ sn Cozbi’s father, Zur, was one of five Midianite kings who eventually succumbed to Israel (Num 31:8). When the text gives the name and family of a woman, it is asserting that she is important, at least for social reasons, among her people.