Psalms 106:34

“They did not destroy the nations - The Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, etc.; the nations that inhabited the land of Canaan. Concerning whom the Lord commanded them - The command on this subject was positive; and it was to destroy them, to spare none of them. Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:16. return to 'Top of Page'”

“106:34 Israel continued to disobey the word of the Lord while living in the Promised Land. Rather than destroying the nations, Israel accepted them and their ways (see Judg 2:1-3, 11-15; 3:5-6).”

“did not: Jos 15:63, Jos 16:10, Jos 17:12-16, Jos 23:12, Jos 23:13; Jdg 1:19, Jdg 1:21, Jdg 1:27-35; Mat 17:19-21 concerning: Num 33:52, Num 33:55, Num 33:56; Deu 7:2, Deu 7:16, Deu 7:23, Deu 7:24, Deu 20:16, Deu 20:17; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 15:22, Sa1 15:23 Psalms 106:35”

“The sins in Canaan: the failing to exterminate the idolatrous peoples and sharing in their idolatry. In Psa 106:34 the poet appeals to the command, frequently enjoined upon them from Exo 23:32. onwards, to extirpate the inhabitants of Canaan. Since they did not execute this command (vid., Jdg 1:1), that which it was intended to prevent came to pass: the heathen became to them a snare (mowqeesh), Exo 23:33; Exo 34:12; Deu 7:16. They intermarried with them, and fell into the Canaanitish custom in which the abominations of heathenism culminate, viz., the human sacrifice, which Jahve abhorreth ( Deu 12:31), and only the demons (שׁדים, Deu 32:17) delight in. Thus then the land was defiled by…”