Psalms 106:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.”
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“They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they are coupled to Baal-Peor, And eat the sacrifices of the dead,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 106:28 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Numbers 25:3So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- 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 the thing they loved.
- 1 Corinthians 10:19Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- 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 immorality.
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