Shìshījì 8:19

19 Jīdiàn shuō , tāmen shì wǒ tóng mǔ de dìxiōng , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , nǐmen cóng qián ruò cún liú tāmende xìngméng , wǒ rújīn jiù bù shā nǐmen le .

Shìshījì 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 8:19

And he said, they were my brethren, even the sons of my
mother
His brethren by his mother's side, but not by his father's side; or the phrase

the sons of my mother is added,
to show that he did not mean brethren in a large sense, as all the Israelites were, but in a strict sense, being so nearly related as his mother's children:

as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you;
for not being Canaanites, he was not obliged by the law of God to put them to death, and by the law of nations, as they had surrendered themselves, and were made prisoners of war, they ought to have been saved; but as they appeared to be murderers, and had slain the Israelites in cold blood, they deserved to die; and the persons they had slain being Gideon's brethren, he was the avenger of blood, and it became him to put them to death.

Shìshījì 8:19 In-Context

17 Yòu chāi le Pínǔyīlè de lóu , shā le nà chéng lǐ de rén .

18 Jīdiàn wèn Xībā hé sǎ mù ná shuō , nǐmen zaì tā pō shān suǒ shā de rén shì shénmeyàng shì . huídá shuō , tāmen hǎoxiàng nǐ , gèrén dōu yǒu wáng zǐ de yàngshì .

19 Jīdiàn shuō , tāmen shì wǒ tóng mǔ de dìxiōng , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de Yēhéhuá qǐshì , nǐmen cóng qián ruò cún liú tāmende xìngméng , wǒ rújīn jiù bù shā nǐmen le .

20 Yúshì duì tāde zhǎngzǐ yì tiĕ shuō , nǐ qǐlai shā tāmen . dàn yì tiĕ yīnwei shì tóngzǐ , haìpà , bú4 gǎn bá dāo .

21 Xībā hé sǎ mù ná shuō , nǐ zìjǐ qǐlai shā wǒmen ba . yīnwei rén rúhé , lìliang yĕ shì rúhé . Jīdiàn jiù qǐlai , shā le Xībā hé sǎ mù ná , duó huò tāmen luòtuo xiàng shàng daì de yuè yá quān .