Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThey yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate the offerings made to the dead.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThey bound themselves to Baal-Pe'or and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
KJV
King James VersionThey joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThey yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
Footnotes
The verb צָמְדוּ (*tzamdu*, 'they bound/yoked themselves') carries the image of oxen hitched to a yoke — a shocking echo given that the Baal worshipped here was often depicted as a bull. זִבְחֵי מֵתִים (*zivchei meitim*, 'sacrifices of the dead') is debated: it may refer to offerings made *to* deceased ancestors or deified dead, to the lifeless and powerless idols themselves (in contrast to the living YHWH), or to cultic meals associated with the dead at Peor (cf. Num. 25). FOG renders 'sacrifices offered to the dead' to preserve the ambiguity; FOG Message uses 'offerings made to the dead,' emphasising the futility of worshipping that which has no life.
