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28 [a]They joined in worshiping Baal of Peor
    and ate food sacrificed to lifeless gods.
29 They provoked the Lord to anger by their evil deeds,
    and a plague broke out among them.
30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment,
    and the plague came to an end.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:28 The psalmist recalls the people’s apostasy and rebellion in worshiping Baal of Peor (see Num 25:1-10).

28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(A)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the Lord’s anger(B) by their wicked deeds,(C)
    and a plague(D) broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas(E) stood up and intervened,
    and the plague was checked.(F)

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