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10. Twelve thousand. This method of levying an army representative of the whole group had been used before (Num. 31:1-6).

Go and smite. The adoption of this expedient for obtaining wives for the 600 survivors of the tribe of Benjamin who were hiding in caves in the hill of Rimmon helps us to realize the limited spiritual enlightenment of those times. Such ruthless measures in the name of religion are revolting and must be understood in the light of the times in which they occurred.