“Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.”
Then the townspeople said to Joash, 'Bring out your son, so that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.' — The townspeople's demand for Gideon's execution ('Bring out your son, so that he may die') indicates that destruction of Baalism was punishable by death under local custom. The severity of the reaction indicates how deeply rooted Canaanite religious practice had become in community identity.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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