For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret, and with one consent they agreed to the covenant of the divine law, that they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils, the fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Men. The patriarchs. Their children, the Israelites, offered in private the sacrifice of the paschal lamb; and were regulating what they were to do in their journey, when that last and most dreadful plague was coming upon their enemies. Challoner.—Alike. The feast was a bond of union with God and their neighbour, ( Calmet.) and the Hebrews resolved to be always true to one another both in prosperity and adversity. Bible.—Fathers. Abraham, and so forth Songs usually accompanied feasts, and the promises made to the patriarchs filled the Hebrews with confidence that they would shortly take possession of Chanaan. Calmet.