Psalms 106:35 - Exposition

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. This was the effect of the continuous contact. "Evil communications corrupted good manners." The command to exterminate, which to moderns seems so terribly severe, and almost cruel, was undoubtedly based upon God's foreknowledge of the fact, that otherwise there would be contact, and if contact, then contamination. (For the actual fact, see 2:11-13 , 2:19 ; 3:6 , 3:7 ; 6:25 ; 10:6 , etc.)