Psalms 106:34
Our ancestors did not destroy the people who did not believe in Yahweh like he told them to do.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
In Context
33They caused Moses to become very angry [IDM], and he said things that were foolish.
Cross References
Numbers 33:52you must force all the people who live there to leave. Destroy all their carved statues and all their idols made of metal. Wreck all the places where they worship their idols.
Deuteronomy 7:2When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make ◄an alliance/a peace treaty► with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.
Deuteronomy 7:23Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies one people-group at a time. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.
Joshua 15:63The army of the tribe of Judah was not able to force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So the people of that group are still living among the tribe of Judah.
Joshua 17:12The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.
Judges 1:19Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because those people had better weapons—they had iron chariots.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →