39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
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And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: …
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-42)See in these verses, I. The power of provocation. Jacob’s natural temper was mild and calm, and grace had improved it; he was a smooth man, and a plain man; and yet Laban’s unreasonable carriage towards him put him into a heat that transported him into a heat that transported him into some vehemence, Gen. 31:36 , 37 . His chiding with Laban, though it may admit of some excuse, was not justifiable,…
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