Psalms 106:28
Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor,—and did eat sacrifices to the dead:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
In Context
27And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands.
29So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them.
Cross References
Numbers 25:1And Israel remained among the acacias,—and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;
Numbers 25:5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel,—Slay ye each one his men, who have let themselves he bound unto Baal-peor.
Deuteronomy 4:3Yours are the eyes, that have seen what Yahweh did in Baal-peor, for every man who went after Baal-peor, did Yahweh thy God destroy out of thy midst;
Joshua 22:17Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,—although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh;
Jeremiah 10:8But at once, do they become brutish and stupid,—An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!
1 Corinthians 10:19What, then, am I saying?—that, an idol-sacrifice, is anything? or that, an idol, is anything?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →