Psalm 106:28-31 Part 1 of 2

Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;

    they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

They angered the LORD with all these things,

    so a plague broke out among them.

But Phinehas had the courage to intervene,

    and the plague was stopped.

So he has been regarded as a righteous man

    ever since that time.

 

Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead! They angered the LORD with all these things, so a plague broke out among them.

Numbers 23:28  So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.  (see chapters 22-24)

Numbers 25:3  In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD's anger to blaze against his people.  (see verses 1-5)

Numbers 25:6-9  Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle. When Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the assembly. He took a spear and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped, but not before 24,000 people had died. 

Numbers 25:17-18  "Attack the Midianites and destroy them, because they assaulted you with deceit and tricked you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed at the time of the plague because of what happened at Peor."  (see verses 6-18)

Deuteronomy 4:3  "You saw for yourself what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor. There the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.  (see verses 1-14)

Hosea 9:10  

The LORD says, "O Israel, when I first found you,

    it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.

When I saw your ancestors,

    it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.

But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,

    giving themselves to that shameful idol.

Soon they became vile,

    as vile as the god they worshiped.  (see all chapter 9)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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