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Text -- Psalms 106:28 (NET)

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106:28 They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite


Dictionary Themes and Topics: RESURRECTION | PSALMS, BOOK OF | MOSES | MOLECH; MOLOCH | Israel | INTERCESSION | Baal-peor | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Psa 106:28 - -- They had communion with him, as God's people have with God in acts of his worship.

They had communion with him, as God's people have with God in acts of his worship.

JFB: Psa 106:28-30 - -- That is, of lifeless idols, contrasted with "the living God" (Jer 10:3-10; compare Psa 115:4-7; 1Co 12:2). On the words,

That is, of lifeless idols, contrasted with "the living God" (Jer 10:3-10; compare Psa 115:4-7; 1Co 12:2). On the words,

JFB: Psa 106:28-30 - -- See Num 25:2-3, Num 25:5.

JFB: Psa 106:28-30 - -- 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 encam...

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 (Num 23:28). The name never occurs except in connection with that locality and that circumstance.

Clarke: Psa 106:28 - -- They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor - The Vulgate, Septuagint, and others, have Belphegor; the Syriac and Arabic, the idol Phegor, or Phaaur; ...

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

Clarke: Psa 106:28 - -- 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 o...

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.

Calvin: Psa 106:28 - -- 28.And they joined themselves to Baal-peor The prophet tells us that the Jews, after they had been threatened with very awful punishment, very soon f...

28.And they joined themselves to Baal-peor The prophet tells us that the Jews, after they had been threatened with very awful punishment, very soon fell into a new species of apostasy. Some think, that they are indirectly accused of falling away to the superstitions of the Midianites, in consequence of having been imposed upon by female intrigue. This, it is well known, was the design of Balaam, as soon as he knew that he was forbidden by God to curse the people. His counsel to king Balak was to set the daughters of Moab before the people, to entice them by their allurements to the practice of idolatry,

“Behold, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor.” Num 31:16

And as the idolatry here mentioned originated from carnal intrigues, some expositors are of opinion, that on this account the prophet charges the people with the commission of a twofold trespass, in their not only being inveigled by the Midianitish women, but also in binding themselves by another bond to Baal-peor, (Num 25:0) Be that as it may, the prophet exclaims against the perfidy of his own nation, because in forsaking the true worship of God, they had broken that holy union by which they had been betrothed to him. For we know, that as God adopts the Church as his spouse, when she gives herself up to idolatry, she no less shamefully violates her fidelity, than when a wife leaves her husband, and becomes an adulteress. It is well known, that Baal-peor was the idol of the Midianites; but it is not so well known how he received this appellation. The word בעל , Baal, has a signification 258 equivalent to lord, master, or patron. And since פער , paar, signifies to open, some render it the God of opening, and assign as a reason, which, however, I dare not affirm, their shamefully exposing themselves in his presence. Perhaps it is the name of some place, for we know that the heathens often gave to their idols the names of the countries where they were worshipped. 259 We now perceive the prophet’s meaning, That the Jews had wickedly revolted from God, and defiled themselves in joining themselves to Baal-peor. In saying that they ate the sacrifices of the dead, 260 he points out the greater baseness of their offense. By the sacrifices of idols, he means that they ate things that were offered to idols, as they had been wont to partake of those sacrifices which bound them to the true God, the inexhaustible fountain of life. Hence their conduct was the more detestable, when they wilfully gave themselves over to death by perpetrating such a heinous crime. And we know, that banqueting was to some extent connected with their worship. The result of this was, that, renouncing the true God, they joined themselves in marriage with the dead; and thus the prophet charges them with acting a very disgraceful part, in not only bowing the knee to Baal, and offering sacrifices to him, but also in feasting upon these sacrifices.

TSK: Psa 106:28 - -- joined : Num 25:1-3, Num 25:5, Num 31:16; Deu 4:3, Deu 32:17; Jos 22:17; Hos 9:10; Rev 2:14 of the dead : The word maithim signifies dead men; for ...

joined : Num 25:1-3, Num 25:5, Num 31:16; Deu 4:3, Deu 32:17; Jos 22:17; Hos 9:10; Rev 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. Psa 115:4-8; Jer 10:8-10; 1Co 10:19, 1Co 10:20

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 106:28 - -- They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor - They joined in their devotions, or, they shared in the rites of idolatrous worship. This occurred ...

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor - They joined in their devotions, or, they shared in the rites of idolatrous worship. This occurred when they were in the regions of Moab, and on the very borders of the promised land. Num. 25. Many other instances of a similar kind are passed over by the psalmist, and this seems to have been selected because of its special aggravation, and to show the general character of the nation. Even after their long-continued enjoyment of the favor and protection of God - after he had conducted them safely through the wilderness - after he had brought them to the very border of the land of Canaan, and all his promises were about to be fulfilled, they still showed a disposition to depart from God. Baal-peor was an idol of the Moabites, in whose worship females prostituted themselves. Gesenius, Lexicon. Compare Num 25:1-3. Baal was the name of the idol; Peor was the name of a mountain in Moab, where the idol was worshipped.

And ate the sacrifices of the dead - Of false gods, represented as "dead"or having no life, in contradistinction from the true and "living God."They ate the sacrifices offered to those idols; that is, they participated in their worship. Num 25:2.

Poole: Psa 106:28 - -- They joined themselves to wit, in worship, whereby they had a union and communion with him, as God’ s people have with God in acts of his worshi...

They joined themselves to wit, in worship, whereby they had a union and communion with him, as God’ s people have with God in acts of his worship. And this phrase seems also to note their carnal copulation with

the daughters of Moab in the temple, or to the honour of Baal-peor.

The sacrifices of the dead which were offered to idols, which he calls dead, in opposition to the true and living God, and by way of contempt, and to note the sottishness of idolaters, who worshipped lifeless things, as stocks and stones, or dead men. And some learned men conceive that this is spoken with particular regard to Baal-peor, or the lord of Peor , a place so called, who had been a person of great eminency in those parts, and therefore was worshipped, according to the custom of the heathens, after his death, by sacrifices and feasts appointed for his honour and memory.

Gill: Psa 106:28 - -- They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor,.... Or to the idol Peor, as the Targum. Baal, which signifies Lord or master, was a common name for an idol...

They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor,.... Or to the idol Peor, as the Targum. Baal, which signifies Lord or master, was a common name for an idol in many countries; wherefore, to distinguish one from another, an additional name was used. Baalzephon was the god of the Egyptians; Baalzebub the god of the Ekronites; and here Baalpeor the god of the Moabites: for the fact referred to was committed when the children of Israel were on the borders of Moab, and when Balak sent for Balaam to curse them; who at last advised him to draw them to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab; who might then prevail upon them to commit idolatry, which would bring the wrath of God upon them. And in this he succeeded. The above idol had its name of Peor either from the obscene actions done in the worship of it, too filthy to be related, and which, it is thought, are referred to in Hos 9:10. It seems to be the Priapus of the Heathens. Or, as others, from a mountain of this name, where was the house or temple in which it was worshipped: hence we read of Mount Peor, and of Bethpeor, Num 23:28. So Suidas t says, Baal is Saturn, and Peor the place where he was worshipped. Or else from some great man of this name, Lord Peor; who being of great fame and note among the Moabites, for some extraordinary things done by him, was deified and worshipped after his death; as was common among the Heathens. To this idol the Israelites joined or "yoked" themselves, as the word u signifies: they withdrew themselves from the yoke of the true God, whose yoke is easy, and put their necks under the yoke of an idol; which was to be unequally yoked: or they were tempted unto it; they committed spiritual whoredom with it, which is idolatry; they left their first and lawful husband, to whom they were married, and joined themselves to an idol, and cleaved to it. The phrase is expressive of their fellowship with it, and with the idolatrous worshippers of it; they devoted and gave up themselves to the worship of it; just as the true worshippers of God are said to join themselves to him, Jer 50:6, they were, as the Septuagint renders it, initiated into the rites and mysteries of this idol.

And ate the sacrifices of the dead; which were offered up to this lifeless statue. So idols are called the dead, in opposition to and distinction from the living God, Isa 8:19. Or they partook of the feasts which were kept in honour of their dead deified hero, Lord Peor; see the history in Num 25:1. These were sacrifices offered to the Stygian Jupiter, or Pluto, called by the Phoenicians Mot w, the same with Chemosh, the god of the Moabites; and who also was Baalpeor, according to Jerom x.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 106:28 Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to th...

Geneva Bible: Psa 106:28 They joined themselves also unto ( o ) Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the ( p ) dead. ( o ) Which was the idol of the Moabites. ( p ) Sacrifice...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 106:1-48 - --1 The psalmist exhorts to praise God.4 He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers.7 The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy....

MHCC: Psa 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 ...

Matthew Henry: Psa 106:13-33 - -- This is an abridgment of the history of Israel's provocations in the wilderness, and of the wrath of God against them for those provocations: and th...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 106:24-33 - -- The fact to which the poet refers in Psa 106:24, viz., the rebellion in consequence of the report of the spies, which he brings forward as the fourt...

Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106 Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 106:1-48 - --Psalm 106 This psalm recalls Israel's unfaithfulness to God. Psalm 105 stressed God's faithfulness to th...

Constable: Psa 106:6-46 - --2. The record of Israel's unfaithfulness to God 106:6-46 106:6 The psalmist confessed that Israel had been unfaithful to God. This was true of his own...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 106 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 106:1, The psalmist exhorts to praise God; Psa 106:4, He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers; Psa 106:7, The story o...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 106 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was unquestionably composed in the time of the Israelites’ captivity and dispersion, as is manifest from Psa 106:47 ,...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 106 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 106:1-5) The happiness of God's people. (Psa 106:6-12) Israel's sins. (v. 13-33) Their provocations. (Psa 106:34-46) Their rebellions in Canaa...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 106 (Chapter Introduction) We must give glory to God by making confession, not only of his goodness but our own badness, which serve as foils to each other. Our badness makes...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 106 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 106 This psalm is without the name of its author, as the Syriac interpreter observes. Aben Ezra, on Psa 106:47, says, that on...

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