Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 3:3
COM commentary-section · status:draft · license:PD
3. cast lots for my people —that is, divided among themselves My people as their captives by lot. Compare as to the distribution of captives by lot ( Obadiah 1:11 ; Nahum 3:10 ). given a boy for . . . harlot —Instead of paying a harlot for her prostitution in money, they gave her a Jewish captive boy as a slave. girl for wine —So valueless did they regard a Jewish girl that they would sell her for a draught of wine. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-jol-3-001
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological