And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Israel,.... In the land of Canaan:
sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead; they were possessed…
Barnes' Notes
Gathered themselves together - The various tribes had already dispersed to their homes, and were now summoned together again.
Adam Clarke
To go up to war against them - Supposing that they had built this altar in opposition to that which Moses, by the command of God, had erected, and were consequently become rebels against God and the…
Cambridge Bible
gathered themselves together The act of their trans-Jordanic brethren, done without any authority of the High Priest, appeared at first sight to be a direct infringement of the express commands…
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