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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:27

27. To overthrow their seed As this is spoken of the “seed,” or posterity, of the unbelieving Israelites of the desert, it may refer to any subsequent periods and generations, and is founded on such general warnings as Leviticus 26:0, and Deuteronomy 28:0. To scatter them in the lands This was so far fulfilled during the times of the Judges as fully to answer to Psalms 106:47, without resorting to the exile in Babylon. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:28

28. Baal-peor Or, lord of Peor. “Peor” is the same of a mountain of Moab, (Numbers 23:28,) mentioned in full elsewhere only in Numbers 25:3; Numbers 25:5; Deuteronomy 4:3; Hosea 9:10. “Baal” was the chief male divinity of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, as Ashtoreth was the female. His worship was very pompous and popular, cruel and obscene. Probably the same as that of Bel of the Chaldaeans, (Isaiah 46:1:) sometimes called “Peor.” Numbers 31:16; Joshua 22:17. The allusion of the text is... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:31

31. Counted… for righteousness Imputed as a righteous act. Compare James 2:24 read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:32

32. Waters of strife Hebrew, the waters of Meribah. This scene was at Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea, in the wilderness of Kadesh, or Zin, on the second arrival of Israel at that place. Numbers 20:1-13. Probably, also, alluded to Psalms 105:41. It was also called Meribah-Kadesh, or the strife of Kadesh, (Deuteronomy 32:51,) and en-Mishpat, Genesis 14:7. Both Kadesh, ( a holy place,) and en-Mishpat, ( fountain of judgment,) indicate, historically, a religious association, which occasioned the... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:33

33. They provoked his spirit That is, they provoked Moses’s spirit, to whom the suffix pronoun must be understood to refer. Here was the first step in Moses’s sin. His meekness gave way to anger. Spake unadvisedly The word rendered “spake,” means thoughtless, hasty, rash speaking, as in rashly or inconsiderately pronouncing an oath, (Leviticus 5:4,) and stands opposed to “the tongue of the wise,” Proverbs 12:18. For Moses’s speech, see Numbers 20:10. It was against the spirit and... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:34

34. They did not destroy the nations This was the seventh great sin of the nation, according to the enumeration of the psalm. The command was given as stated Exodus 23:32-33, and reiterated in Joshua 23:12-13. But early after their settlement in Canaan their faith failed, the wars abated, and many powerful hostile cities and tribes remained. See Judges 2:3. These were thorns and snares to Israel in all future time. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:36

36. They served their idols This was but a natural result of such friendships as those against which they had been forewarned. read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 106:37

37. They sacrificed unto devils Literally, unto lords, for thus the heathen regarded their chief divinities, as Baal. But these powerful ones, like Moloch, were destroyers, as the kindred form denotes, Psalms 91:6. The Jews looked upon them as demons. So the Septuagint, δαιμονιοις , and hence devils, in our English Version. Deuteronomy 32:17. Compare 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 2:0 Corinthians 10:20 read more

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