The way of the wilderness - that is, the wilderness which extended from Jericho to the hills of Bethel.

Those who came out of the …

Unto the way of the wilderness. —The wilderness is that known as the wilderness of Bethaven ([Reference Joshua 1…

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel ,
etc.] And fled from them:

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