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Psa 106:28 — They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

joined		Num 25:1-3,5; Num 31:16; Deu 4:3; Deu 32:17; Jos 22:17; Hsa 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; 1Cr 10:19,20

Correlating Passages

joined

	Num 25:1	And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
	Num 25:2	And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
	Num 25:3	And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
	Num 25:5	And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
	Num 31:16	Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
	Deu 4:3	Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
	Deu 32:17	They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
	Jos 22:17	[Is] the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
	Hsa 9:10	I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.
	Rev 2:14	But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

of the dead

	Psa 115:4	Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
	Psa 115:5	They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
	Psa 115:6	They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
	Psa 115:7	They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
	Psa 115:8	They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
	Jer 10:8	But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
	Jer 10:9	Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
	Jer 10:10	But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
	1Cr 10:19	What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
	1Cr 10:20	But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 106:28," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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