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Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 25:5

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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The judges were to put to death every one his men, i.e., such of the evil-doers as belonged to his forum, according to the judicial arrangements instituted in Ex 18. This command of Moses to the judges was not carried out, however, because the matter took a different turn. Numbers 25:6
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