“And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.”
The image of priests as bands of robbers who murder on the road to Shechem suggests that the priestly class has become predatory, targeting pilgrims traveling to the sanctuary at Shechem for purposes of robbery and murder. The violation of sacred pilgrimage routes indicates the complete reversal of the priests' function, that they have become threats rather than mediators of covenant grace. This verse demonstrates the systematic corruption of all institutions through which covenant was mediated and maintained.
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