78:25 Man ate the food of the mighty ones. 1
He sent them more than enough to eat. 2
78:29 They ate until they were stuffed; 3
he gave them what they desired.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields. 4
106:28 They worshiped 5 Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 6
1 sn Because of the reference to “heaven” in the preceding verse, it is likely that mighty ones refers here to the angels of heaven. The LXX translates “angels” here, as do a number of modern translations (NEB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “provision he sent to them to satisfaction.”
3 tn Heb “and they ate and were very satisfied.”
4 tn Heb “the fruit of their ground.”
5 tn Heb “joined themselves to.”
sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.
6 tn Here “the dead” may refer to deceased ancestors (see Deut 26:14). Another option is to understand the term as a derogatory reference to the various deities which the Israelites worshiped at Peor along with Baal (see Num 25:2 and L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 49).