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Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
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Then all the People of Israel came out. The congregation met in the presence of GOD at Mizpah. They were all there, from Dan to Beersheba, as one person!
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Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out as one man and assembled before the LORD in Mizpah.
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So all the children of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, as well as from the land of Gilead, and the congregation gathered together as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
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Then all the Israelites, from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead, came together in one large assembly and stood in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
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And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
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The leaders of all the people, representing all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the gathering of God's people. There were 400 divisions of sword-wielding infantry.
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The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords.
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And the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand foot soldiers who drew the sword.
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The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel--400,000 warriors armed with swords--took their positions in the assembly of the people of God.
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(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
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Meanwhile the Benjaminites got wind that the Israelites were meeting at Mizpah. The People of Israel said, "Now tell us. How did this outrageous evil happen?"
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(The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, "Tell us how this awful thing happened."
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(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the children of Israel said, "Tell us, how did this wicked deed happen?"
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(Word soon reached the land of Benjamin that the other tribes had gone up to Mizpah.) The Israelites then asked how this terrible crime had happened.
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And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
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The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke: "My concubine and I came to spend the night at Gibeah, a Benjaminite town.
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So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, "I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
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So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night.
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The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, "My concubine and I came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin, to spend the night.
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And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
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That night the men of Gibeah came after me. They surrounded the house, intending to kill me. They gang-raped my concubine and she died.
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During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me. They raped my concubine, and she died.
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And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.
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That night some of the leaders of Gibeah surrounded the house, planning to kill me, and they raped my concubine until she was dead.
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And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
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So I took my concubine, cut up her body, and sent her piece by piece--twelve pieces!-to every part of Israel's inheritance. This vile and outrageous crime was committed in Israel!
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I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel's inheritance, because they committed this lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
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So I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel, because they committed lewdness and outrage in Israel.
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So I cut her body into twelve pieces and sent the pieces throughout the land of Israel, for these men have committed this terrible and shameful crime.
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Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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So, Israelites, make up your minds. Decide on some action!"
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Now, all you Israelites, speak up and give your verdict."
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Look! All of you are children of Israel; give your advice and counsel here and now!"
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Now then, the entire community of Israel must decide what should be done about this!"
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And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
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All the people were at once and as one person on their feet. "None of us will go home; not a single one of us will go to his own house.
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All the people rose as one man, saying, "None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house.
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So all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, nor will any turn back to his house;
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And all the people stood up together and replied, "Not one of us will return home.
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But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
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Here's our plan for dealing with Gibeah: We'll march against it by drawing lots.
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But now this is what we'll do to Gibeah: We'll go up against it as the lot directs.
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but now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: We will go up against it by lot.
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Instead, we will draw lots to decide who will attack Gibeah.
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And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
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We'll take ten of every hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (a hundred of every thousand, and a thousand of every ten thousand) to carry food for the army. When the troops arrive at Gibeah they will settle accounts for this outrageous and vile evil that was done in Israel."
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We'll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for all this vileness done in Israel."
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We will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to make provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the vileness that they have done in Israel."
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One tenth of the men from each tribe will be chosen to supply the warriors with food, and the rest of us will take revenge on Gibeah for this shameful thing they have done in Israel."
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So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
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So all the men in Israel were gathered against the city, totally united.
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So all the men of Israel got together and united as one man against the city.
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So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united together as one man.
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So all the Israelites were united, and they gathered together to attack the town.
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And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
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The Israelite tribes sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin saying, "What's the meaning of this outrage that took place among you?
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The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What about this awful crime that was committed among you?
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Then the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
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The Israelites sent messengers to the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What a terrible thing has been done among you!
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Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
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Surrender the men right here and now, these hell-raisers of Gibeah. We'll put them to death and burn the evil out of Israel." But they wouldn't do it. The Benjaminites refused to listen to their brothers, the People of Israel.
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Now surrender those wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.
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Now therefore, deliver up the men, the perverted men who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and remove the evil from Israel!" But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the children of Israel.
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Give up these evil men from Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of this evil." But the people of Benjamin would not listen.
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But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
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Instead they raised an army from all their cities and rallied at Gibeah to go to war against the People of Israel.
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From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.
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Instead, the children of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the children of Israel.
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Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.
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And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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In no time at all they had recruited from their cities twenty-six divisions of sword-wielding infantry. From Gibeah they got 700 hand-picked fighters, the best.
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At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred chosen men from those living in Gibeah.
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And from their cities at that time the children of Benjamin numbered twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred select men.
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Twenty-six thousand of their warriors armed with swords arrived in Gibeah to join the seven hundred warriors who lived there.
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Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
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There were another 700 super marksmen who were ambidextrous--they could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
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Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
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Among all this people were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair's breadth and not miss.
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Seven hundred of Benjamin's warriors were left-handed, each of whom could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth, without missing.
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And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
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The men of Israel, excluding Benjamin, mobilized 400 divisions of sword-wielding fighting men. [JC]
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Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fighting men.
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Now besides Benjamin, the men of Israel numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.
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Israel had 400,000 warriors armed with swords, not counting Benjamin's warriors.
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And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
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They set out and went to Bethel to inquire of God. The People of Israel said, "Who of us shall be first to go into battle with the Benjaminites?" GOD said, "Judah goes first."
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The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go first to fight against the Benjamites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."
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Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, "Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?" The LORD said, "Judah first!"
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Before the battle the Israelites went to Bethel and asked God, "Which tribe should lead the attack against the people of Benjamin?" The LORD answered, "Judah is to go first."
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And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
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The People of Israel got up the next morning and camped before Gibeah.
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The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah.
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So the children of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
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So the Israelites left early the next morning and camped near Gibeah.
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And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
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The army of Israel marched out against Benjamin and took up their positions, ready to attack Gibeah.
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The men of Israel went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.
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And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel put themselves in battle array to fight against them at Gibeah.
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Then they advanced toward Gibeah to attack the men of Benjamin.
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And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
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But the Benjaminites poured out of Gibeah and devastated twenty-two Israelite divisions on the ground.
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The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.
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Then the children of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day cut down to the ground twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.
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But Benjamin's warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed twenty-two thousand Israelites in the field that day.
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And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
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The army took heart. The men of Israel took up the positions they had deployed on the first day.
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But the men of Israel encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.
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And the people, that is, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and again formed the battle line at the place where they had put themselves in array on the first day.
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But the Israelites took courage and assembled at the same place they had fought the previous day.
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(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
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The Israelites went back to the sanctuary and wept before GOD until evening. They again inquired of GOD, "Shall we again go into battle against the Benjaminites, our brothers?" GOD said, "Yes. Attack."
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The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They said, "Shall we go up again to battle against the Benjamites, our brothers?" The LORD answered, "Go up against them."
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Then the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, "Shall I again draw near for battle against the children of my brother Benjamin?" And the LORD said, "Go up against him."
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(For they had gone up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD until evening. Then they asked the LORD, "Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again?" And the LORD said, "Go out and fight against them.")
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And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
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On the second day, the Israelites again advanced against Benjamin.
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Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day.
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So the children of Israel approached the children of Benjamin on the second day.
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So they went out to fight against the warriors of Benjamin,
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And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
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This time as the Benjaminites came out of the city, on this second day, they devastated another eighteen Israelite divisions, all swordsmen.
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This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
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And Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down to the ground eighteen thousand more of the children of Israel; all these drew the sword.
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but the men of Benjamin killed another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of whom were experienced with a sword.
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Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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All the People of Israel, the whole army, were back at Bethel, weeping, sitting there in the presence of GOD. That day they fasted until evening. They sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings before GOD.
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Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
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Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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Then all the Israelites went up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD and fasted until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
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And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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And they again inquired of GOD. The Chest of God's Covenant was there at that time with
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And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
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So the children of Israel inquired of the LORD (the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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And the Israelites went up seeking direction from the LORD. (In those days the Ark of the Covenant of God was in Bethel,
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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
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Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, as the ministering priest. They asked, "Shall we again march into battle against the Benjaminites, our brothers? Or should we call it quits?" And GOD said, "Attack. Tomorrow I'll give you victory."
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with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, "Shall we go up again to battle with Benjamin our brother, or not?" The LORD responded, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."
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and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?" And the LORD said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand."
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and Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron was the priest.) The Israelites asked the LORD, "Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again or should we stop?" The LORD said, "Go! Tomorrow I will give you victory over them."
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And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
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This time Israel placed men in ambush all around Gibeah.
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Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah.
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Then Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah.
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So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah.
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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
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On the third day when Israel set out, they took up the same positions before the Benjaminites as before.
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They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.
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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in battle array against Gibeah as at the other times.
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They went out on the third day and assembled at the same place as before.
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And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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When the Benjaminites came out to meet the army, they moved out from the city. Benjaminites began to cut down some of the troops just as they had before. About thirty men fell in the field and on the roads to Bethel and Gibeah.
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The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads-the one leading to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
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So the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. They began to strike down and kill some of the people, as at the other times, in the highways (one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah) and in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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When the warriors of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.
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And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
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The Benjaminites started bragging, "We're dropping them like flies, just as before!"
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While the Benjamites were saying, "We are defeating them as before," the Israelites were saying, "Let's retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."
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And the children of Benjamin said, "They are defeated before us, as at first." But the children of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."
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Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, "We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!" But the Israelites had agreed in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.
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And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
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But the Israelites strategized: "Now let's retreat and pull them out of the city onto the main roads." So every Israelite moved farther out to Baal Tamar; at the same time the Israelite ambush rushed from its place west of Gibeah.
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All the men of Israel moved from their places and took up positions at Baal Tamar, and the Israelite ambush charged out of its place on the west of Gibeah.
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So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel's men in ambush burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba.
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When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and prepared to attack. Then the Israelites hiding in ambush west of Gibeah jumped up from where they were
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And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
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Ten crack divisions from all over Israel now arrived at Gibeah--intense, bloody fighting! The Benjaminites had no idea that they were about to go down in defeat--
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Then ten thousand of Israel's finest men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize how near disaster was.
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And ten thousand select men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not know that disaster was upon them.
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and advanced against Benjamin from behind. The fighting was so heavy that Benjamin didn't realize the impending disaster.
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And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.
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GOD routed them before Israel. The Israelites decimated twenty-five divisions of Benjamin that day--25,100 killed. They were all swordsmen.
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The LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
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The LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.
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So the LORD helped Israel defeat Benjamin, and that day the Israelites killed 25,100 of Benjamin's warriors, all of whom were experienced with a sword.
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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
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The Benjaminites saw that they were beaten. The men of Israel acted like they were retreating before Benjamin, knowing that they could depend on the ambush they had prepared for Gibeah.
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Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten. Now the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
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So the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.
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Then the men of Benjamin saw that they were beaten. The Israelites had retreated from Benjamin's warriors in order to give those hiding in ambush more room to maneuver.
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And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
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The ambush erupted and made quick work of Gibeah. The ambush spread out and massacred the city.
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The men who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.
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And the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush spread out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword.
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Then those who were in hiding rushed in from all sides and killed everyone in the town.
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Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
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The strategy for the main body of the ambush was that they send up a smoke signal from the city.
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The men of Israel had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
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Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,
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They sent up a large cloud of smoke from the town,
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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
Judg.20.39
Then the men of Israel would turn in battle. When that happened, Benjamin had killed about thirty Israelites and thought they were on their way to victory, yelling out, "They're on the run, just as in the first battle!"
Judg.20.39
and then the men of Israel would turn in the battle. The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the men of Israel (about thirty), and they said, "We are defeating them as in the first battle."
Judg.20.39
whereupon the men of Israel would turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they said, "Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle."
Judg.20.39
which was the signal for the Israelites to turn and attack Benjamin's warriors. By that time Benjamin's warriors had killed about thirty Israelites, and they shouted, "We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!"
Judg.20.40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
Judg.20.40
But then the signal went up from the city--a huge column of smoke. When the Benjaminites looked back, there it was, the whole city going up in smoke.
Judg.20.40
But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke of the whole city going up into the sky.
Judg.20.40
But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and there was the whole city going up in smoke to heaven.
Judg.20.40
But when the warriors of Benjamin looked behind them and saw the smoke rising into the sky from every part of the town,
Judg.20.41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
Judg.20.41
By the time the men of Israel had turned back on them, the men of Benjamin fell apart--they could see that they were trapped.
Judg.20.41
Then the men of Israel turned on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come upon them.
Judg.20.41
And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin panicked, for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
Judg.20.41
the Israelites turned and attacked. At this point Benjamin's warriors realized disaster was near and became terrified.
Judg.20.42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
Judg.20.42
Confronted by the Israelites, they tried to get away down the wilderness road, but by now the battle was everywhere. The men of Israel poured out of the towns, killing them right and left,
Judg.20.42
So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the desert, but they could not escape the battle. And the men of Israel who came out of the towns cut them down there.
Judg.20.42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.
Judg.20.42
So they ran toward the wilderness, but the Israelites chased after them and killed them.
Judg.20.43
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Judg.20.43
hot on their trail, picking them off east of Gibeah. [JC]
Judg.20.43
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
Judg.20.43
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the east.
Judg.20.43
The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and were relentless in chasing them down, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.
Judg.20.44
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judg.20.44
Eighteen divisions of Benjaminites were wiped out, all their best fighters.
Judg.20.44
Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.
Judg.20.44
And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.
Judg.20.44
Eighteen thousand of Benjamin's greatest warriors died in that day's battle.
Judg.20.45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
Judg.20.45
Five divisions turned to escape to the wilderness, to Rimmon Rock, but the Israelites caught and slaughtered them on roads. Keeping the pressure on, the Israelites brought down two more divisions.
Judg.20.45
As they turned and fled toward the desert to the rock of Rimmon, the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
Judg.20.45
Then they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.
Judg.20.45
The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed five thousand of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another two thousand near Gidom.
Judg.20.46
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
Judg.20.46
The total of the Benjaminites killed that day came to twenty-five divisions of infantry, their best swordsmen.
Judg.20.46
On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters.
Judg.20.46
So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
Judg.20.46
So the tribe of Benjamin lost twenty-five thousand brave warriors that day,
Judg.20.47
But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
Judg.20.47
Six hundred men got away. They made it to Rimmon Rock in the wilderness and held out there for four months.
Judg.20.47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the desert to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
Judg.20.47
But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.
Judg.20.47
leaving only six hundred men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months.
Judg.20.48
And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Judg.20.48
The men of Israel came back and killed all the Benjaminites who were left, all the men and animals they found in every town, and then torched the towns, sending them up in flames.
Judg.20.48
The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.
Judg.20.48
And the men of Israel turned back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword--from every city, men and beasts, all who were found. They also set fire to all the cities they came to.
Judg.20.48
Then the Israelites returned and slaughtered every living thing in all the towns--the people, the cattle--everything. They also burned down every town they came to.
