Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
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Interpretation
The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures us better than true religion, so nothing exposes us more than religion only pretended to.
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This thought runs through Genesis 34:20-24.