Psalm 106:28
Hebrew Bible
26 So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the wilderness, 27 make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. 28 They worshiped Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. 29 They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them. 30 Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.
Date: 6th-3rd Centuries B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Letter of Jeremiah 1:27
Deuterocanon
25 They are bought without regard to cost, but there is no breath in them. 26 Having no feet, they are carried on the shoulders of others, revealing to humankind their worthlessness. And those who serve them are put to shame 27 because, if any of these gods falls to the ground, they themselves must pick it up. If anyone sets it upright, it cannot move itself; and if it is tipped over, it cannot straighten itself. Gifts are placed before them just as before the dead. 28 The priests sell the sacrifices that are offered to these gods and use the money themselves. Likewise their wives preserve some of the meat with salt, but give none to the poor or helpless. 29 Sacrifices to them may even be touched by women in their periods or at childbirth. Since you know by these things that they are not gods, do not fear them.
Date: 100-75 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The phrase of the second prohibition (Jubilees 22:16: “Do not act as they do”) is quite general. Possibly we should connect this phrase with the text a few lines further: “for their actions are something that is impure” (Jubilees 22:16). This is elaborated on as follows: offering to the dead (Jubilees 22:17a) (For the offering to the dead, see Deuteronomy 26:14; Psalm 106:28; Sirach 7:33; Tobit 4:17; Letter of Jeremiah 27, 71; Sibylline Oracles 3:84, 356, 588, 723. see also Wisdom of Solomon 14:15) worship of demons (22:17); eating in tombs; and idolatry (Jubilees 22:18). As we have already mentioned, in his indictment of the nations, the author of Jubilees is referring to idol worship. The prohibition against idolatry corresponds to the requirement to worship God alone. Many texts deal with impurity in relation to the nations, and often this is related to idolatry. When Israel sins and thus acts as the nations do, it becomes morally impure ..."
van Ruiten, J.
Abraham in the Book of Jubilees: The Rewriting of Genesis 11:26-25:10 in the Book of Jubilees 11:14-23:8
(p. 314) Brill, 2012
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