The “congregation” is the technical term for the whole community of the Israelite people. Its occurrence here is an indication of the early date of…

The congregation was gathered together. —This phrase is one which was familiar to the Israelites in the desert. It disappears afte…

Then all the children of Israel went out
Of their tribes, cities, habitations, not every individual of them, but som…

The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…