And he said unto him, Thus says the LORD,
Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Worthy. Hebrew, "of my anathema "or, "the man who has fallen into my snares. "(Vatable) Cherem is taken in this sense, Micheas vii. 2. He was my prey, and you ought not to have disposed of him without my leave. (Calmet)
People. This was verified (chap. xxii.; Menochius) within three years. (Salien)