Matthew Henry Commentary
The Israelites lament for the Benjamites. --Israel lamented for the Benjamites, and were perplexed by the oat they had taken, not to give their daughters to them in marriage. Me are more zealous to support their own authority than that of God. The would have acted better if they had repented of their rash oaths brought sin-offerings, and sought forgiveness in the appointed way rather than attempt to avoid the guilt of perjury by actions quite a wrong. That men can advise others to acts of treachery or violence, ou of a sense of duty, forms a strong proof of the blindness of the huma mind when left to itself, and of the fatal effects of a conscienc under ignorance and error __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁלחו 7971 שׁם 8033 העדה 5712 שׁנים 8147 עשׂר 6240 אלף 505 אישׁ 376 מבני 1121 החיל 2428 ויצוו 6680 אותם 853 לאמר 559 לכו 1980 והכיתם 5221 את 853 יושׁבי 3427 יבשׁ 3003 גלעד 1568 לפי 6310 חרב 2719 והנשׁים 802 והטף׃ 2945