Judges 20:1-18

1And all the children of IsraelH3478 wentH3318 forthH3318, and the assemblyH5712 gathered together as oneH259 manH376, from DanH1835 to Beer-sheba, and the landH776 of GileadH1568, unto Jehovah at MizpahH4709.

2And the heads of all the peopleH5971, of all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, presentedH3320 themselves in the congregation of the peopleH5971 of 1GodH430, fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmen that drewH8025 swordH2719.

3And the children of BenjaminH1144 heardH8085 that the children of IsraelH3478 had goneH5927 up to MizpahH4709. And the children of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Tell [us], howH349 wasH1961 this wickednessH7451?

4Then the LeviteH3881, the husbandH376 of the womanH802 that was murderedH7523, answered and saidH559, I cameH935 to GibeahH1390 that [belongs] to BenjaminH1144, I and my concubineH6370, to lodge.

5And the citizensH1167 of GibeahH1390 roseH6965 against me, and surroundedH5437 the houseH1004 because of me, by nightH3915; they thought to slayH2026 me, and my concubineH6370 have they humbled so that she diedH4191.

6Then I tookH270 my concubineH6370, and cutH5408 her in pieces, and sentH7971 her throughout the countryH7704 of the inheritanceH5159 of IsraelH3478; for they have committed lewdness and villany in IsraelH3478.

7Behold, all ye, children of IsraelH3478, deliberate and giveH3051 hereH2009 [your] counselH6098.

8And all the peopleH5971 roseH6965 up as oneH259 manH376, sayingH559, We will not any oneH259 go to his tentH168, neither will we any oneH259 turnH5493 into his houseH1004.

9But nowH6258 this is the thingH1697 which we will do to GibeahH1390: [we go] by lotH1486 against it;

10and we will takeH3947 tenH6235 menH376 of a hundredH3967 throughout all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, and a hundredH3967 of a thousandH505, and a thousandH505 of tenH6235 thousandH505, to fetch victuals for the peopleH5971, that they may do, whenH834 they comeH935 to Gibeah of BenjaminH1144, according to all the villany that they have wrought in IsraelH3478.

11And all the menH376 of IsraelH3478 were gatheredH622 against the cityH5892, knit together as oneH259 manH376.

12And the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 menH376 to all the families of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, What wickednessH7451 is this that has beenH1961 done among you?

13And nowH6258 giveH5414 up the menH376, the sonsH1121 of Belial, who are in GibeahH1390, that we may putH5414 them to deathH4191, and putH5414 away evilH7451 from IsraelH3478. But [the children of] BenjaminH1144 wouldH14 not hearken to the voiceH6963 of their brethren the children of IsraelH3478.

14And the children of BenjaminH1144 gatheredH622 themselves together out of the citiesH5892 of GibeahH1390, to goH3318 out to battleH4421 against the children of IsraelH3478.

15And the children of BenjaminH1144 were numbered at that time out of the citiesH5892, twenty-six thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719, besides the inhabitantsH3427 of GibeahH1390, who were numbered sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376.

16Among all this peopleH5971 there were sevenH7651 hundredH3967 chosen menH376 left-handedH3225; all these slang stonesH68 at a hairH8185 [breadth], and missed not.

17And the menH376 of IsraelH3478, besides BenjaminH1144, were numbered fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 that drewH8025 swordH2719: all these were menH376 of warH4421.

18And the children of IsraelH3478 aroseH6965 and wentH5927 up to Bethel, and inquired of 2GodH430, and saidH559, Which of us shall goH5927 up firstH8462 to the battleH4421 against the children of BenjaminH1144? And Jehovah saidH559, JudahH3063 firstH8462.