Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

他们又与巴力毗珥连合，且吃了祭死神的物。

他们又与巴力‧毗珥连合，吃了祭死人的物。

他们又与巴力‧毗珥连合，吃了祭死人的物。

他们在毗珥祭拜巴力，吃献给假神的祭物。

他们又归附巴力．毗珥，吃了祭过死神的祭物。

他们与毗珥的巴力联合，吃了给无生命之物的祭品；

他們又與巴力‧毗珥連合，且吃了祭死神的物。

他們又與巴力‧毗珥連合，吃了祭死人的物。

他們又與巴力‧毗珥連合，吃了祭死人的物。

他們在毗珥祭拜巴力，吃獻給假神的祭物。

他們又歸附巴力．毘珥，吃了祭過死神的祭物。

他們又委身於毘珥的巴力，喫了祭死神之物；

他們與毗珥的巴力聯合，吃了給無生命之物的祭品；

民亦契於巴力毘珥、食祭死物之品兮、

斯民也、宗事巴力比耳、奉祀亡者、食其祭品兮、

民又依附巴力毘珥、食供亡者之祭物、

斯民之罪。不可勝計。逐物移意。耽心淫祀。奉事死神。食其所祭。

They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

They joined in worshiping the Baal that was worshiped at Peor. They ate food that had been offered to gods that aren’t even alive.

Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead;

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They also followed Baal peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.

They joined themselves also unto Baal- peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

They aligned themselves with Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

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

They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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.

“ 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.

So Moses ordered Israel’s judges,“ Each of you must put to death the men under your authority who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen who make their idols. Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes made by expert tailors.But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.

“ But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.

What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.

While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove, some of the men defiled themselves by having sexual relations with local Moabite women.These women invited them to attend sacrifices to their gods, so the Israelites feasted with them and worshiped the gods of Moab.In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the Lord’s anger to blaze against his people.

Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God, to gods they had not known before, to new gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared.

“ These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the Lord’s people.

Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the Lord.