Jeremiah 41:8 meaning and explanation
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
Jeremiah 41:8, Berean Standard Bible
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These ten men were among the eighty pilgrims from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria who had come mourning, with shaved beards and torn garments, bringing grain offerings and frankincense to the ruined house of the LORD. Ishmael had lured them into Mizpah with false weeping and then slaughtered them, throwing their bodies into a large cistern.
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