King James Version
Psalms 106:28 in the King James Version says “They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 106 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.”
Psalms 106:28 · KJV
Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. to overthrow: Heb. to make them fall
They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They joined”
H6775to link, i.e., gird; figuratively, to serve, (mentally) contrive
“the sacrifices”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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