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The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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A Sign of Decline
Commentators observe that the number of Benjamite soldiers represents a population decline of about one-third since the census under Moses. This, combined with the detail that they were mustered "out of the cities," suggests the era of the Judges was a dangerous and unstable time, forcing people into fortified towns for safety from surrounding enemies.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Comparing the numbers here with those in Numbers 1 and Numbers 26, it is evident that in the case of both the Benjamites and the Israelites, their …
19th Century
Anglican
Out of the cities. —They could only live in cities, because the Jebusites still held Jerusalem, and the Canaanites around them wer…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities All that th…
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The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolv…
