Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
He afterwards adds that they sacrificed a sacrifice to Jehovah (33) They were accustomed before to offer sacrifices to their idols; but now they testified that they worshipped the God of Israel; for this is what sacrifices signify. But it must at the same time be observed that they thereby expressed this confession, that God confirmed the truth of his word. When, therefore, they perceived that this whole affair was ordered by the will of God, they were constrained to bear witness that he was the true God: this was the end and design of sacrifices. 