Judges 20
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Judges 20:1-9

1Then all the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 went outH3318, and the congregationH5712 was gathered togetherH6950 as oneH259 manH376, from DanH1835 even to BeershebaH884, with the landH776 of GileadH1568, to the LORDH3068 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 footmenH376H7273 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 LeviteH3881H376, 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

5And the menH1167 of GibeahH1390 roseH6965 against me, and surroundedH5437 the houseH1004 upon me by nightH3915, and thoughtH1819 to have slainH2026 me: and my concubineH6370 have they forcedH6031, that she is deadH4191.2

6And I tookH270 my concubineH6370, and cut her in piecesH5408, and sentH7971 her throughout all the countryH7704 of the inheritanceH5159 of IsraelH3478: for they have committedH6213 lewdnessH2154 and follyH5039 in IsraelH3478.

7Behold, ye are all childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478; giveH3051 hereH1988 your adviceH1697 and counselH6098.

8And all the peopleH5971 aroseH6965 as oneH259 manH376, sayingH559, We will not anyH376 of us goH3212 to his tentH168, neither will we anyH376 of us turnH5493 into his houseH1004.

9But now this shall be the thingH1697 which we will doH6213 to GibeahH1390; we will go up by lotH1486 against it;

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 20:4 the Levite: Heb. the man the Levite ↩
  2. 2. Judges 20:5 forced: Heb. humbled ↩

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