Judges 20:8-17

8Then all the people rose up as one person, saying, “Not one of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us go home. 9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot. 10And we will take ten men out of a hundred throughout the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand to 1supply provisions for the people, so that when they come to 2Gibeah of Benjamin, they may 3punish them for all the vile sin that they have committed in Israel.” 11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, 4united as one man.

12Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire 5tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has taken place among you? 13Now then, turn over the men, the 67worthless men who are in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and 8remove this wickedness from Israel.” But the sons of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel. 14Instead, the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel. 15From the cities on that day the 9sons of Benjamin were 10counted, twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were 11counted, seven hundred choice men. 16Out of all these people seven hundred 12choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

17Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were 13counted, four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.