* he took.
   The sending the pieces of the oxen was an act similar to that
   of the Levite, Jud 19:29, where see the Note.  An eminent
   Scotch writer describes the rites, incantations, and
   imprecations used prior to the fiery cross being circulated,
   to summon the rough warriors of ancient times to the service
   of their chief; and he alludes to this ancient custom, which
   in comparatively modern times, has been practised in Scotland;
   and proves that a similar punishment of death, or destruction
   of their houses, for disobeying the summons, was inflicted by
   the ancient Scandinavians, as recorded by Olaus Magnus, in his
   History of the Goths.  This bears a striking similarity to the
   ancient custom of the Israelites.  With the Highlanders, a
   goat was slain; with the Israelites, an ox.  The exhibition of
   a cross, stained with the blood of the sacrificed animal, was
   the summons of the former, while part of the animal, was the
   mandate of the latter.  Disobedience in one nation was
   punished with the death of themselves or oxen, and burning of
   their dwellings in the other.

 * hewed.
  Jud 19:29 
 * Whosoever.
  Jud 21:5-11 
 * the fear.
  Ge 35:5  2Ch 14:14  17:10 
 * with one consent.  Heb. as one man.
  Jud 20:1