Judges 21:5
a great oath.1,18; 5:23; Le 27:28,29; 1Sa 11:7; Jer 48:101 Samuel 11:7
he took.The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that of the Levite, Jud 19:29, where see the Note. An eminent Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated, to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland; and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his History of the Goths. This bears a striking similarity to the ancient custom of the Israelites. With the Highlanders, a goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox. The exhibition of a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the mandate of the latter. Disobedience in one nation was punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of their dwellings in the other. hewed.Jud 19:29Whosoever.Jud 21:5-11the fear.Ge 35:5; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10with one consent. Heb. as one man.Jud 20:1Ezra 7:26
whosoever.6:11; Da 3:28,29; 6:26the law of thy God.2Ch 30:12whether it be.Ex 21:1-22:31; Le 20:1-27; De 13:1-18banishment. Chal. rooting out.Ps 52:5
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