Numbers 25:18

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for they vex you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Midian lay east and south of Moab, and Midianite leaders joined Moab in opposing Israel near Peor, a Moabite cult site. Shittim, Israel’s camp on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan, was where this seduction into Baal worship occurred.

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Numbers 25:18 mentions Midian, Moab, Peor and Shittim.