Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 20:7
Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
7. give your counsel ] The same words in 2Sa 16:20.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Children of Israel; the sons of that holy man, who for one filthy action left all eternal brand upon one of his own sons; a people in covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who hath expressly commanded you to punish all such notorious enormities.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Behold, ye are all children of Israel,…. The descendants of one man that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony against sin and wickedness of every sort, and especially such crying abominations as these:
give your advice and counsel: in this place, being assembled together on this occasion; consult what is best to be done, and let every man speak his mind freely what step he thinks should be taken for the glory of God, and honour of religion, and to bring such persons to justice who had committed so foul a fact.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Ye are all children of Israel.There would not be much point in this remark. Rather, ye are all here, children of Israel.
Your advice and counsel.Jdg. 19:30. In the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.’
This was probably an official way of ending testimony. He requested the court to consider the facts and give their verdict on behalf of the whole confederation, in the light of the covenant of God made with Israel through Moses.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 20:7 Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Ver. 7. Behold, ye are all children of Israel. ] This injury reacheth not to me alone, but to the whole community.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
ye are all: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6, Deu 4:6, Deu 14:1, Deu 14:2, 1Co 5:1, 1Co 5:6, 1Co 5:10-12
give here: Jdg 19:30, Jos 9:14, Pro 20:18, Pro 24:6, Jam 1:5
Reciprocal: Jdg 19:29 – divided her Jdg 20:18 – asked Job 34:4 – choose
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 20:7-8. Ye are The sons of that holy man, who, for one filthy action, left an eternal brand upon one of his own sons: a people in covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who hath expressly commanded you to punish all such notorious enormities. We will not any of us go to his tent That is, his habitation, until we have revenged this injury.