Psalms 106:28

Baal-peor. Compare Numbers 25:2; Numbers 25:3.

the dead. This pertains to necromancy, Compare Deuteronomy 18:11.Isaiah 8:19.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor - They joined in their devotions, or, they shared in the rites of idolatrous worship. This occurred wh...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They joined themselves also unto (o) Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the (p) dead. (o) Which was the idol of the Moabites. (p) Sacrifices offer...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CVI. Israel's Sin. Psalms 106:1-5 . Introduction. Praise to Yahweh for His power and greatness. The writer's desire to share in Israel's joy....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28 And they joined themselves to Baal-peor The prophet tells us that the Jews, after they had been threatened with very awful punishment, ve...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor - The Vulgate, Septuagint, a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: (1) The people's distrust of the Lord's word as to Canaan after hearing the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As Psalms 105 gives thanks for God's goodness, so Psalms 106 confesses Israel's sin and acknowledges God's mercy, both being illustrated in an hi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Numbers 25:2 ; Hosea 9:10 . The dead ] the lifeless heathen gods.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-33) These twenty verses cover the desert wanderings, beginning with the discontented spirit mentioned in Exodus 15:23 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ate the sacrifices of the dead — i.e. , the sacrifices of a dead divinity. Numbers 25:2 , “and they called the people unto the sacrifices of th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(28-31) The licentious character of the cult of Baal-peor in Numbers 25 is expressed in the word “joined,” better, yoked. LXX. and Vulg., “were i...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 106:1-48 THE history of God's past is a record of continuous mercies, the history of man's, one of as continuous sin. The memory of the for...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judgment Restrained by Intercession Psalms 106:16-33 The strife between the ungodly and the servants of God has characterized all the centuries...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The previous psalm called the people to talk of the “marvellous works” of Jehovah. This one calls to praise, and the reason is that “His mercy endure...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For the same reason as before, I include the whole of what is here rehearsed in one reading. But let not the Reader be as brief upon the interesting...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. Ver. 28. They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor ] Heb. they were...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor To wit, in worship, whereby they had a union and communion with him, as God's people have with God in ac...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his work...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm relates the story of God's mercy to Israel, of the people's provocation of Jehovah, and of his great patience with them. It commences with...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm we have the story of God's ancient covenant people, and as we read it, we may read our own history in it if we also are his people. It...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This also is a Psalm of David, and is cited in 1 Chronicles 16 ., although the first and the two last verses only are there given. The subject is si...
The Biblical Illustrator

Yea, they despised the pleasant land. The persistency of sin, the retribution of God, and the influence of saints I. The awful persistency of s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Blessings in Spite of Israel's Unfaithfulness. This psalm, whose author is not known, gives a detailed confession of the sins of Israel, as...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, Numbers 25, in the immoral worship introduced by the Moabites, and ate the sacrifices of the dead, so c...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 106:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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