men Not the word used in v.7, but one meaning more distinctly men, as opposed to women or children: cf. Deuteronomy 22:5 Heb.

for that is what ye desire viz. to worship Jehovah at a festival, which could be sufficiently observed by men alone (Exodus 23:17).

And they were driven, &c. With this ultimatum, that only the men might go, the interview abruptly terminates.

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