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26 So he made a strong promise
    that he would cause them to die in the desert.
27 He promised that he would chase their descendants away,
    so that they died in foreign countries.[a]
28 After that, they started to worship the false god, Baal of Peor.
They ate the food from sacrifices
    that people gave to dead idols.

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Footnotes

  1. 106:27 See Numbers 13—14.

26 So he swore(A) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,(B)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter(C) them throughout the lands.

28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(D)
    and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;

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26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:

27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

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