Judges 20:8
8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.
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8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 20:8
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The tribe of Benjamin nearly extirpated.
The Israelites' abhorrence of the crime committed at Gibeah, and their resolution to punish the criminals, were right; but they formed their resolves with too much haste and self-confidence. The eternal ruin of souls will be worse, and more fearful, than these desolations of a tribe.