Psalms 106:38

They killed [MTY] their own children, who ◄were innocent/had not done things that were wrong►, and offered them as sacrifices to the idols in Canaan. As a result, Canaan land was polluted by those murders [MTY].

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

In Context

37Some of the Israelis sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons that those idols represented.

39So by their deeds they caused themselves to become unacceptable to God; because they did not faithfully worship only God, they became like women who sleep with other men instead of sleeping only with their husbands [MET].

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:21“Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me [MTY], Yahweh, your God.

Numbers 35:33“You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed.

2 Kings 17:17They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices to those gods. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do all kinds of evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.

2 Kings 24:4Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.

Isaiah 24:5The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws; they have rejected the agreement that he intended to last forever.

Jeremiah 2:34Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who ◄were innocent/had not done things that are wrong►,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:35-48

Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness; The Divine Compassion. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they… Read the whole commentary →

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