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Reproducing or republishing an article, in whole or in part, in any other forum requires permission of the author or the moderator. I apologize if you received two copies of v2n127. One needs to read more carefully, and to take into account the local mores. As a matter of honor, they were entitled to attempt revenge on Shechem, and even on his family, for not only the rape but the insult. There would have been no protection for them against revenge from the town if they had just killed Shechem, or Shechem and Hamor.