estroy them.

105:24. And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his
word,

105:25. And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the
voice of the Lord.

105:26. And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the
desert;

105:27. And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter
them in the countries.

105:28. They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.

Initiated... That is, they dedicated, or consecrated themselves to the
idol of the Moabites and Madianites, called Beelphegor, or Baal-Peor.
Num. 25.3.-Ibid. The dead... Viz., idols without life.

105:29. And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was
multiplied among them.

105:30. Then Phinees stood up, and pacified him: and the slaughter
ceased.

105:31. And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and
generation for evermore.

105:32. They provoked him also at the waters of contradiction: and Moses
was afflicted for their sakes:

105:33. Because they exasperated his spirit. And he distinguished with
his lips.

He distinguished with his lips... Moses, by occasion of the people's
rebellion and incredulity, was guilty of distinguishing with his lips;
when, instead of speaking to the rock, as God had commanded, he said to
the people, with a certain hesitation in his faith, Hear ye, rebellious
and incredulous: Can we from this rock bring out water for you? Num.
20.10.

105:34. They did not destroy the nations of which the Lord spoke unto
them.

105:35. And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their
works:

105:36. And served their idols, and it became a stumblingblock to them.

105:37. And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

105:38. And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of
their daughters which they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan. And the
land was polluted with blood,

105:39. And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after
their own inventions.

105:40. And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he
abhorred his inheritance.

105:41. And he delivered them into the hands of the nations: and they
that hated them had dominion over them.

105:42. And their enemies afflicted them: and they were humbled under
their hands:

105:43. Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their
counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities.