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Psalm 106:28–29

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106:28They worshiped43 Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.44

106:29They made the Lord angry45 by their actions,

and a plague broke out among them.

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Footnotes

  1. 43 Heb “joined themselves to.” They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.
  2. 44 Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to the various deities which the Israelites worshiped at Peor along with Baal (see Num 25:2 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101–150 [], ).
  3. 45 Heb “They made angry [him].” The pronominal suffix is omitted here, but does appear in a few medieval Hebrew . Perhaps it was accidentally left off, an original וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ (vayyakh’isuhu) being misread as וַיַּכְעִיסוּ (vayyakh’isu). In the translation the referent of the pronominal suffix (the Lord) has been specified for clarity to avoid confusion with Baal of Peor (mentioned in the previous verse).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,

and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

they aroused the Lord’s anger by their wicked deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor

and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They angered the Lord with their deeds,

and a plague broke out against them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;

they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

They angered the Lord with all these things,

so a plague broke out among them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They also attached themselves to Baal of Peor,

and they ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

Thus they provoked to anger by their deeds,

and a plague broke out among them.

KJV 1900King James Version

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,

And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:

And the plague brake in upon them.