The Lord had made a breach, &c. The Benjamites were the only authors of the sin, but God was the author of the punishment, who employed the Israelites as his executioners to inflict it. They, however, had greatly exceeded their commission, and exercised a severity not enjoined.
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Judges 21:15
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.