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He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites; and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and all seven of them fell together. They were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
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Verse 9. Lord. The prophets had frequented this hill. 1 Kennicott. 8:4, 13. So the Gabaonites crucified these seven, before an ancient altar, as victims to appease God’s anger, ( Calmet.) for the treaty with them having been violated, ( Bible.) particularly after they had embraced the true religion. Salien. Deuteronomy 10:19.—Barley, about Easter. Menochius.
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