Shìshījì 20:13

13 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng jī bǐ yà de nàxiē fĕi tú jiāo chūlai , wǒmen hǎo zhìsǐ tāmen , cóng Yǐsèliè zhōng chúdiào zhè è . Biànyǎmǐn rén què bù kĕn tīng cóng tāmen dìxiōng Yǐsèliè rén de huà .

Shìshījì 20:13 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:13

Now, therefore, deliver us the men, the children of Belial,
which are in Gibeah
Those wicked men that were the authors of that abominable wickedness there committed:

that we may put them to death;
as they deserved, since they were guilty both of adultery and murder; their meaning is, that they in conjunction with the tribe of Benjamin might condemn them to death and punish them with it, as their crime deserved:

and put away evil from Israel;
prevent both the spread of such a sinful evil in the nation, encouraged by such examples, and the evil of punishment coming upon them from God, should they let such wickedness pass with impunity:

but the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their
brethren the children of Israel;
they refused to give up the men of Gibeah, that had been guilty of such great wickedness; reckoning it a reproach, as Josephus ^F6 says, to obey the commands of others, for fear of war, and unwilling to yield to any in arms, neither on account of multitude nor courage.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 9.

Shìshījì 20:13 In-Context

11 Yúshì Yǐsèliè zhòngrén bǐcǐ lián hé rútóng yī rén , jùjí gōngjī nà chéng .

12 Yǐsèliè zhòng zhīpaì dǎfa rén qù , wèn Biànyǎmǐn zhīpaì de gè jiā shuō , nǐmen zhōngjiān zĕnme zuò le zhèyàng de è shì ne .

13 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào jiāng jī bǐ yà de nàxiē fĕi tú jiāo chūlai , wǒmen hǎo zhìsǐ tāmen , cóng Yǐsèliè zhōng chúdiào zhè è . Biànyǎmǐn rén què bù kĕn tīng cóng tāmen dìxiōng Yǐsèliè rén de huà .

14 Biànyǎmǐn rén cóng tāmende gè chéng lǐ chūlai , jùjí dào le jī bǐ yà , yào yǔ Yǐsèliè rén dǎzhàng .

15 Nàshí Biànyǎmǐn rén cóng gè chéng lǐ diǎn chū ná dāo de , gòng yǒu èr wàn liù qiā . Lìngwaì hái yǒu jī bǐ yà rén diǎn chū qī bǎi jīng bīng .