* Whosoever.
De 20:8 Mt 13:21 Lu 14:25-33 Re 17:14 21:8
* mount Gilead.
Gideon was certainly not at mount Gilead, east of Jordan at
this time; but rather near mount Gilboa, west of Jordan.
Calmet thinks there must either have been two Gileads, which
does not appear from Scripture to have been the case, or that
the Hebrew text is corrupt, and that for Gilead we should read
Gilboa. This reading, though adopted by Houbigant, is not
confirmed by an MS. or version. Dr. Hales endeavours to
reconcile the whole, by the supposition that in Gideon's army
there were many eastern Manassites from mount Gilead, near the
Midianites; and therefore proposes to read, "Whosoever from
mount Gilead is fearful and afraid, let him return (home) and
depart early."
* twenty.
Mt 20:16
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