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Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”
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Verse 2. Eyes: strange proposal! He would not render them quite blind, that he might not be deprived of their service. But he wished to render them unfit for war, ( Calmet.) as the buckler covers the left eye; (Josephus) and people who shoot with bow and arrow, keep it closed. Calmet.
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