Judg 19:29
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divided her.
It is probable, that with the pieces he sent to each tribe a circumstantial account of the barbarity of the men of Gibeah; and that they considered each of the pieces as expressing an execration.
That a similar custom prevailed in ancient times is evident from 1 SA 11:7.
It had an inhuman appearance, thus to mangle the corpse of this unhappy woman; but it was intended to excite a keener resentment against so horrible a crime, which called for a punishment proportionally severe.
Judg 20:6; Judg 20:7; Rom 10:2
with her bones.
Deut 21:22; Deut 21:23