In the world of Moab and Canaan from which Belphegor takes his name (Baal-Peor), offering and meal were not separate: one placed flatbreads, fruits, and libations on the altar, sacrificed an animal, and then the faithful and priests shared the meat in a communion banquet (the *zevah*). The structure follows the rhythm of sacrifice — vegetable offering, libation, festive shared meat — framed daily by the household's legume pot and, for the traveler, pressed fruits slipped into a pouch.

Symbols of the easy abundance that Belphegor dangles to seduce: a sweetness gathered without toil, a treat that spares effort. Honey binds the altar cakes, perfumes the libations, and sticks the traveler's pressed fruits — the gourmet thread running through the whole set.