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The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that has happened among you?
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Verse 12. Sent. The law of nations requires that satisfaction be demanded, ( Calmet.) before a war commence. Menochius.—The former resolution (verse 9,) was only conditional, if the Benjamites should prefer defending their brethren of Gabaa, before punishing them, as they deserved. Calmet.—Indeed their absenting themselves from this general assembly, implied as much, and the Israelites were determined, at any rate, to see that the guilty were duly punished. Bible.—Tribe. Hebrew “tribes,” denoting the great families of Benjamin. Genesis 46:21. Numbers 26:38.
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