And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.the elders Jud 8:7 Pr 10:13 19:29 Ezr 2:6
thorns Mic 7:4
taught. Heb. made to know. Instead of wyyoda, Houbigant, Le Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, and he tore or threshed; and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened, but is supported by the LXX. Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of shin, into ayin, letters very similar to each other.

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