joined: Numbers 25:1-3, Numbers 25:5, Numbers 31:16; Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 32:17; Joshua 22:17; Hosea 9:10; Revelation 2:14
of the dead: The word maithim: signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men - warriors, kings, or lawgivers - who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life. Psalms 115:4-8; Jeremiah 10:8-10; 1 Corinthians 10:19-20