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Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

Psalms 106:28

In 11 translations

BSB
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
KJV
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
WEB
They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
ASV
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
LSV
And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, || And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
YLT
And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
DBY
And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;
DRC105:28
They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
GNV
They ioyned themselues also vnto Baalpeor, and did eate the offrings of the dead.
JPS
They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
LXXE105:28
They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּ לְבַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר וַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּ זִבְחֵ֥י מֵתִֽים׃
LXX-Br105:28
Καὶ ἐτελέσθησαν τῷ Βεελφεγὼρ, καὶ ἔφαγον θυσίας νεκρῶν.

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  • Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as…
  • Numbers 25:1–3While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. So…
  • Numbers 25:5So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
  • Jeremiah 10:8–10But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood! Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:19–20Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.
  • Deuteronomy 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
  • Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual…
  • Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
  • Numbers 31:16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
  • Psalms 115:4–8Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; they have hands, but…
  • Joshua 22:17Was not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.

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