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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 11:7 — And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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he took
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The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that of the Levite, Jdg 19:29, where see the Note. An eminent Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated, to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland; and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his History of the Goths. This bears a striking similarity to the ancient custom of the Israelites. With the Highlanders, a goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox. The exhibition of a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the mandate of the latter. Disobedience in one nation was punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning o |
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Jdg 19:29 |
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Whosoever
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Jdg 21:5-11 |
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the fear
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Gen 35:5; 2Ch 14:14; 2Ch 17:10 |
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with one consent
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Heb. as one man. Jdg 20:1 |
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Jdg 19:29 |
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. |
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Jdg 19:29 |
And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. |
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Jdg 21:5 |
And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. |
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Jdg 21:6 |
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. |
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Jdg 21:7 |
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? |
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Jdg 21:8 |
And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. |
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Jdg 21:9 |
For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. |
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Jdg 21:10 |
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. |
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Jdg 21:11 |
And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. |
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Gen 35:5 |
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. |
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2Ch 14:14 |
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. |
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2Ch 17:10 |
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that [were] round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. |
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Jdg 20:1 |
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 11:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/11/7.html>.
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