103 Biblical Mutilation: The Significance of Cutting Toes and Thumbs

Exploring Ancient Punishments and Their Symbolic Meaning

I’ve been recently led to the book of Judges. In chapter 1 we come across the below passage;

«Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And the…