Judges 20:8-17

8All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

9Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.

10We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”

11So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.

12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place?

13Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.

15That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

16Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target.

17The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.