According to their custom, when they would consult with the Lord.
Historical and theological verse study from Book of Judges, Chapter 21.
Apply the spiritual lesson of Judges 21:4 through prayerful reflection and faithful obedience.
“Gracious Father, write the truth of Judges 21:4 upon my heart by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Amen.”
“Altera autem die diluculo consurgentes, exstruxerunt altare : obtuleruntque ibi holocausta, et pacificas victimas, et dixerunt :”
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.”
“The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.”
“On the next day, the people rose early, and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.”
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.”
According to their custom, when they would consult with the Lord.
Altar, within the tabernacle, to suffice for the number of victims as Solomon did; (3 Kings viii. 64.; Tirinus) or out of the court, by God’s dispensation, as they were defiled with blood; (Numbers xxxi. 24.; Calmet) though this is not certain, as four months elapsed between the battle and the reconciliation of the remaining Israelites with their brethren: (chap. xx. 47.) so that during that interval, they might have committed the massacres in the different cities, and still have had time to be purified seven days, as the law required, before they could be allowed to enter the camp or the tabernacle. (Haydock) — Some think that one altar was prescribed only during the sojournment in the desert. See Serarius. (Menochius)