Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Cross-references
Numbers 32:3 lists Nebo and Beon (Baal-meon) among cities the tribes requested—the same they later built here.
Joshua 13:17 lists Beth-baal-meon (same as Baal-meon) in Reuben's territory, confirming the location of the renamed city.
Joshua 13:19 lists Sibmah among Reuben's cities, the same Sibmah rebuilt by the Gadites in Numbers 32:38.
1 Chronicles 5:8 mentions Nebo and Baal-meon as Reubenite settlements, the same cities rebuilt in Numbers 32:38.
Exodus 23:13 forbids mentioning other gods—the name changes here (Nebo, Baal-meon) likely aim to remove pagan associations.
Joshua 23:7 warns against invoking names of other gods, connecting to the renaming of Baal-meon to erase the pagan name.
Psalm 16:4 refuses to take other gods' names on lips, echoing the renaming of Baal-meon to eliminate Baal's name.