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He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
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Verse 19. Kill you. They were not included in the number of the seven devoted nations, ( Worthington.) and the precept for destroying the Madianites no longer subsisted. Numbers 31:17. Menochius.—The laws of war permitted the Hebrews to kill their prisoners, if they thought proper. No public executioner was necessary. Samuel killed Agag, 1 Kennicott. 15:32. See 3 Kennicott. 2:25. 2 Kennicott. 1:15. Calmet.—Gedeon had a mind to make his son partake in the victory, and punish these kings for an unjust murder of his relations. He would also inure him to fight against the enemies of God, and so forth Menochius.
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