4 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.
4 Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
4 And the next day the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
4 Early the next morning, the people got busy and built an altar. They sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings.
4 So it was, on the next morning, that the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
4 Early the next morning the people built an altar and presented their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 21:4
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The Israelites lament for the Benjamites.
Israel lamented for the Benjamites, and were perplexed by the oath they had taken, not to give their daughters to them in marriage. Men are more zealous to support their own authority than that of God. They would have acted better if they had repented of their rash oaths, brought sin-offerings, and sought forgiveness in the appointed way, rather than attempt to avoid the guilt of perjury by actions quite as wrong. That men can advise others to acts of treachery or violence, out of a sense of duty, forms a strong proof of the blindness of the human mind when left to itself, and of the fatal effects of a conscience under ignorance and error.