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Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

Judges 20:13 (KJV)

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People Mentioned

B
Benjamintwelfth-born son of Jacob and Rachel (GEN 35:18)
J
Jacobsecond-born son of Isaac (GEN 25:25-26)

Commentary on Judges 20:13

Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah (בְנֵי בְלִיַּעַל, benei beliya'al)—'sons of Belial' means worthless, wicked men (same phrase described Gibeah's rapists in 19:22). Israel demands extradition of specific perpetrators: that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel (נְמִיתֵם וּנְבַעֲרָה רָעָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, nemitem u-neva'arah ra'ah mi-yisra'el)—the phrase 'put away evil' (בָּעַר רָע, ba'ar ra, literally 'burn away evil') appears throughout Deuteronomy as covenant obligation for maintaining holiness (Deuteronomy 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21...

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