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Judges 8:19 Cross-References
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“And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.”
Judges 8:19 (KJV)
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They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you—Gideon's oath invokes Yahweh's name (chai-Yahweh, חַי־יְהוָה, "as the LORD lives"), the most solemn oath formula in Israel, ironically using God's holy name to sanction personal revenge. This reveals the moral confusion plaguing even Israel's deliverers during the judges period—mixing genuine covenant language with forbidden vengeance. The phrase "sons of my mother" (benei immi, בְּנֵי אִמִּי) emphasizes full brotherhood (same mother), not merely half-brothers from different ...
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