And as bands of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Robbers. Jephte had infested those parts, and the country was noted for murders; whence more cities of refuge were appointed in it, Judges xi., and Josue xx. 8. The prophet alludes to what had been said to Gad, Genesis xlix. 19.
Out of, or to Sichem. They were jealous of people going thither, (Calmet) wishing to receive their offerings themselves. (Haydock)
