Psalm 106:27
Verse 27 of 48. The 106th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
25But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
27To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28They joined themselves also unto Baal–peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
31And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Psalm 106:27 in the World English Bible
that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.Read Psalm 106:27 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 106:27
This also was so displeasing to God that he lifted up his hand against them, in a way of threatening, to destroy them in the wilderness; nay, in a way of swearing, for he swore in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest (Ps. xcv. 11; Num. xiv. 28); nay, and he threatened that their children also should be overthrown and scattered (v. 26, 27), and the whole nation dispersed and disinherited; but Moses prevailed for mercy…
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 106:13–33: Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness.
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