Judges 20
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Judges 20:1-4

1Then all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 went outH3318, and the congregationH5712 was gathered togetherH6950 as oneH259 manH376, from DanH1835 even to Beer–shebaH884, with the landH776 of GileadH1568, unto YhwhH3068 in MizpehH4709.

2And the chiefH6438 of all the peopleH5971, even of all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478, presentedH3320 themselves in the assemblyH6951 of the peopleH5971 of GodH430, fourH702 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmenH7273H376 that drewH8025 swordH2719.

3(Now the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 heardH8085 that the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 were gone upH5927 to MizpehH4709.) Then saidH559 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478, TellH1696 us, how wasH1961 this wickednessH7451?

4And the LeviteH376H3881, the husbandH376 of the womanH802 that was slainH7523, answeredH6030 and saidH559, I cameH935 into GibeahH1390 that belongeth to BenjaminH1144, I and my concubineH6370, to lodgeH3885.1

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  1. 1. Judges 20:4 the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite. ↩

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