I just came across a very similar sacrifice in the Bible (2. Samuel 21:1-9):
There has been a famine for three years. God tells King David it's because the late King Saul had killed some people he shouldn't have killed, so now Saul's family is under a blood guilt. Seven men are sacrificed to settle the guilt.
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Date: 2005-11-01 07:24 am (UTC)There has been a famine for three years. God tells King David it's because the late King Saul had killed some people he shouldn't have killed, so now Saul's family is under a blood guilt. Seven men are sacrificed to settle the guilt.