Psalms 106 · Verse 28

Psalms 106:28

They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Psalms 106:28, King James Version

Psalms 106:28 in other translations

BSBThey yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
WEBThey joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
ASVThey joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
YLTAnd they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
DARBYAnd they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
BBEAnd they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in the offerings to the dead.
WebsterThey joined themselves also to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

What does Psalms 106:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:28-30
28-30. sacrifices of the dead--that is, of lifeless idols, contrasted with "the living God" (Jr 10:3-10; compare Psa 115:4-7; 1Co 12:2). On the words, joined themselves to Baal-peor--see Nu 25:2, 3, 5. Baal-peor--that is, the possessor of Peor, the mountain on which Chemosh, the idol of Moab, was worshipped, and at the foot of which Israel at the time lay encamped (Nu 23:28). The name never occurs except in connection with that locality and that circumstance.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor - The Vulgate, Septuagint, and others, have Belphegor; the Syriac and Arabic, the idol Phegor, or Phaaur; the ע ain in the word being pronounced as gh. Ate the sacrifices or the dead - מתים methim, of dead men. Most of the heathen idols were seen, who had been deified after their death; many of whom had been execrated during their life.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33

Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God…

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Psalms 106:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּvai.yi.Tza.me.duand they joined themselvesH6775
לְבַ֣עַלle.Va.'alto BaalH1187
פְּע֑וֹרpe.'orPeorH1187
וַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּvai.yo.khe.Luand they ateH398
זִבְחֵ֥יziv.Cheisacrifices ofH2077
מֵתִֽים\׃me.Timdead [ones]H4191

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Cross references for Psalms 106:28

  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal–peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

  • Numbers 25:5

    And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

  • Numbers 25:1-3

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal–peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:19-20

    What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

  • Deuteronomy 4:3

    Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

  • Jeremiah 10:8-10

    But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

  • Deuteronomy 32:17

    They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

  • Psalms 115:4-8

    Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. …

  • Numbers 31:16

    Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

  • Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
joined.
Nu 25:1-3,5; 31:16; De 4:3; 32:17; Jos 22:17; Ho 9:10; Re 2:14
of the dead.The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
115:4-8; Jer 10:8-10; 1Co 10:19,20

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Context

  • Psalms 106:27

    To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

  • Psalms 106:28

    They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

  • Psalms 106:29

    Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

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Psalms 106:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Allegáronse asimismo á Baal-peor, y comieron los sacrificios de los muertos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils s’attachèrent à Baal-Péor, et mangèrent des sacrifices des morts;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie hängten sich an Baal-Peor und aßen Schlachtopfer der Toten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et clamaverunt ad Dominum cum tribularentur; et de necessitatibus eorum eduxit eos.