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Patristic A.D. 397 · Historical Christian Faith commentaries database, on Judg 21:18 (On the Duties of the Clergy 3.19.115)

Ambrose of Milan, on Judg 21:18

Ambrose of Milan · A.D. 339–397
Judg 21:18 · Douay-Rheims
“For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.”
On this verse:
“The sentence, further, was that none of the people of the ancestors should give his daughter in marriage to [members of Benjamin's tribe]. This was confirmed by a solemn oath.”

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