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26 So he made a solemn vow[a]
that he would make them die[b] in the wilderness,
27 make their descendants[c] die[d] among the nations,
and scatter them among foreign lands.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:26 tn Heb “and he lifted his hand to [or “concerning”] them.” The idiom “to lift a hand” here refers to swearing an oath. One would sometimes solemnly lift one’s hand when making such a vow (see Ezek 20:5-6, 15).
  2. Psalm 106:26 tn Heb “to cause them to fall.”
  3. Psalm 106:27 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
  4. Psalm 106:27 tn Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. NRSV “disperse”).
  5. Psalm 106:27 tn Heb “among the lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

26 So he swore(A) to them with uplifted hand
    that he would make them fall in the wilderness,(B)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
    and scatter(C) them throughout the lands.

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