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26 So he swore that they would die
    in the desert.
27 He promised to scatter them among the nations
    and to let other people defeat their descendants.

28 At Baal Peor they joined in worshiping Baal
    and ate sacrifices to honor the dead.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:28 the dead This might refer to “lifeless gods” or to dead friends or relatives honored with meals eaten at their graves.

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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