12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
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Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, …
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. …
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)Here is, I. The fair and just demand which the tribes of Israel, now encamped, sent to the tribe of Benjamin, to deliver up the malefactors of Gibeah to justice, Jdg. 20:12 , 13 . If the tribe of Benjamin had come up, as they ought to have done, to the assembly, and agreed with them in their resolution, there would have been none to deal with but the men of Gibeah only, but they, by their absence,…
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