Judges 20
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Judges 20:11-19

11So allH3605 the menH376 of IsraelH3478 were gatheredH622 againstH413 the cityH5892, 1unitedH2270 as oneH259 manH376.

12Then the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 menH376 through the entireH3605 2tribeH7626 of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 wickednessH7463 that has takenH1961 placeH1961 among you? 13NowH6258 then, turnH5414 overH5414 the menH376, the 34worthlessH1100 menH1121 whoH834 are in GibeahH1390, so that we may putH4191 them toH4191 deathH4191 and 5removeH1197 this wickednessH7463 from IsraelH3478.” But the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 wouldH14 not listenH8085 to the voiceH6963 of their brothersH251, the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478. 14Instead, the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 gatheredH622 from the citiesH5892 to GibeahH1390, to goH3318 outH3318 to battleH4421 againstH5973 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478. 15From the citiesH5892 on that dayH3117 the 6sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144 were 7countedH6485, twenty-sixH6242H8337 thousandH505 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719, besidesH905H4480 the inhabitantsH3427 of GibeahH1390 who were 8countedH6485, sevenH7651 hundredH3967 choiceH977 menH376. 16Out of allH3605 theseH2088 peopleH5971 sevenH7651 hundredH3967 9choiceH977 menH376 were left-handedH334H3225H3027; eachH3605 oneH2088 could slingH7049 a stoneH68 at a hairH8185 and not missH2398.

17Then the menH376 of IsraelH3478 besidesH905H4480 BenjaminH1144 were 10countedH6485, fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 menH376 who drewH8025 the swordH2719; allH3605 of theseH2088 were menH376 of warH4421.

18Now the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 setH6965 outH6965, wentH5927 upH5927 to BethelH1008, and 11inquiredH7592 of GodH430 and saidH559, “WhoH4310 shall goH5927 upH5927 firstH8462 for us to battleH4421 againstH5973 the sonsH1121 of BenjaminH1144?” Then the LordH3068 saidH559, “JudahH3063 shall go up firstH8462.”

19So the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 gotH6965 upH6965 in the morningH1242 and campedH2583 againstH5921 GibeahH1390.

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 20:11 Lit companions as ↩
  2. 2. Judges 20:12 Lit tribes ↩
  3. 3. Judges 20:13 Lit sons of Belial ↩
  4. 4. Judges 20:13 2 Cor 6:15 ↩
  5. 5. Judges 20:13 Deut 13:5; 17:12; 1 Cor 5:13 ↩
  6. 6. Judges 20:15 Num 1:36, 37; 2:23; 26:41 ↩
  7. 7. Judges 20:15 Or mustered ↩
  8. 8. Judges 20:15 Or mustered ↩
  9. 9. Judges 20:16 Judg 3:15; 1 Chr 12:2 ↩
  10. 10. Judges 20:17 Or mustered ↩
  11. 11. Judges 20:18 Num 27:21; Judg 20:23, 27 ↩

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