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26 Therefore, he solemnly swore
    that he would kill them in the wilderness,
27 that he would scatter their descendants[a] among the nations,
    exiling them to distant lands.

28 Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;
    they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

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Footnotes

  1. 106:27 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads he would cause their descendants to fall.

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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