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Psalms 106:26

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 106:26

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them. The phrase is used with reference to the uplifting of the hand width accompanied an oath. To overthrow them in the wilderness (see , , ).

The death in the wilderness of the entire generation which had set out from Egypt, save only Joshua and Caleb, is the "overthrow" intended.

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