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     * he took.
       The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that
       of the Levite, Jud 19:29, where see the Note.  An eminent
       Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and
       imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated,
       to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service
       of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which
       in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland;
       and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction
       of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by
       the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his
       History of the Goths.  This bears a striking similarity to the
       ancient custom of the Israelites.  With the Highlanders, a
       goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox.  The exhibition of
       a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was
       the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the
       mandate of the latter.  Disobedience in one nation was
       punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of
       their dwellings in the other.

     * hewed.
     # Jud 19:29|
     * Whosoever.
     # Jud 21:5-11|
     * the fear.
     # Ge 35:5; 2Ch 14:14; 17:10|
     * with one consent.  Heb. as one man.
     # Jud 20:1|