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Giudici 20:13

Listen to Giudici 20:13
13 Or dunque consegnateci quegli uomini, quegli scellerati di Ghibea, perché li mettiamo a morte, e togliam via il male da Israele". Ma i figliuoli di Beniamino non vollero dare ascolto alla voce dei loro fratelli, i figliuoli d’Israele.

Giudici 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 9.
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Giudici 20:13 In-Context

11 Così tutti gli uomini d’Israele si radunarono contro quella città, uniti come fossero un sol uomo.
12 E le tribù d’Israele mandarono degli uomini in tutte le famiglie di Beniamino a dire: "Che delitto è questo ch’è stato commesso fra voi?
13 Or dunque consegnateci quegli uomini, quegli scellerati di Ghibea, perché li mettiamo a morte, e togliam via il male da Israele". Ma i figliuoli di Beniamino non vollero dare ascolto alla voce dei loro fratelli, i figliuoli d’Israele.
14 E i figliuoli di Beniamino uscirono dalle loro città, e si radunarono a Ghibea per andare a combattere contro i figliuoli d’Israele.
15 Il censimento che in quel giorno si fece de’ figliuoli di Beniamino usciti dalle città, fu di ventiseimila uomini atti a trar la spada, senza contare gli abitanti di Ghibea, che ascendevano al numero di settecento uomini scelti.
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