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He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth didn`t draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
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The Avenger of Blood
Commentators unanimously explain that Gideon was not acting out of mere personal vengeance. He was fulfilling the recognized legal and cultural role of the 'goel' or 'avenger of blood' (Numbers 35:12). As the next of kin to his murdered brothers, it was his duty to execute justice upon their killers, an action understood as righteous within his cultural context.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It was Gideon’s place to act the part of the “avenger of blood” (Numbers 35:12; Deuteronomy 19:6). The fierce manners of th…
19th Century
Anglican
And he said to Jether. — By the jus talionis, as well as by every other consideration of that time, Gideon, as the last s…
Baptist
There was always an itching among the Israelites to have a king, an earthly monarch to rule over them; but God did not design it that way.
It…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto Jether, his firstborn, up, and slay them , Being the near kinsman of his father's brethren, whom th…
The kings of Midian must be reckoned with. As they confessed themselves guilty of murder, Gideon acted as the avenger of blood, being the next of k…
