Judges 1:7
their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of theirfeet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--Ælian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of Ægina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children. gathered. or, gleaned. as I have.Ex 21:23-25; Le 24:19-21; 1Sa 15:33; Isa 33:1; Mt 7:1,2Lu 6:37,38; Ro 2:15; Jas 2:13; Re 13:10; 16:6Matthew 7:1-2
1 Christ, continuing his sermon on the mount, reproves rash judgment, etc.28 Christ ends his sermon, and the people are astonished. Isa 66:5; Eze 16:52-56; Lu 6:37; Ro 2:1,2; 14:3,4,10-13; 1Co 4:3-5Jas 3:1; 4:11,12 Jud 1:7; Ps 18:25,26; 137:7,8; Jer 51:24; Ob 1:15; Mr 4:24; Lu 6:382Co 9:6; 2Th 1:6,7; Jas 2:13; Re 18:6James 2:13
he.5:4; Ge 42:21; Jud 1:7; Job 22:6-10; Pr 21:13; Isa 27:11; Mt 5:7Mt 6:15; 7:1,2; 18:28-35; 25:41-46; Lu 16:25and.Ps 85:10; Jer 9:24; Eze 33:11; Mic 7:18; Eph 1:6,7; 2:4-71Jo 4:8-16,18,19rejoiceth. or, glorieth.
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