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Judges 20


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And there came forth all the sons of Israel, and held an assembly as man from Dan and unto Beer-sheba, and of Gilead, before in Mizpeh.

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And established all of the people in all the tribes of Israel in the assembly of the people of God four hundred thousand men on foot unsheathing

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And heard that ascended unto Mizpeh. And said Tell where took place

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And answered the Levite, the husband of the woman having been murdered. And he said, unto I and my concubine to rest up.

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And rose up the ones of Gibeah, and they encircled upon me, upon the house at night; and me and my concubine and sported with her, and she died.

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And I took hold of my concubine, and I dismembered her, and I sent out into every border of the inheritance of Israel; for they committed folly in Israel.

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Behold, all you, the sons of Israel, make to yourselves an account and plan here!

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And rose up as man saying, We shall not enter a man into his tent, and we shall not turn aside a man to his house.

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And now the which we shall do to Gibeah; we will ascend against it by lot.

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And we shall take ten men a hundred for all of Israel, and a hundred a thousand men, and a thousand ten thousand men, to take a provision for the people, to complete the task to the ones in going unto Gibeah of Benjamin, against all the folly which they did in Israel.

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And came together every man of Israel to the city as man coming.

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And sent out men in all of Benjamin, saying, What this evil that took place among you?

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And now, give over the men in Gibeah, the sons of Belial, and we shall kill them and lift away evil from Israel. But did not to hear the voice of their brethren of Israel.

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And came together from their cities to Gibeah, to go forth into battle array against of Israel.

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And numbered in that day of the cities, twenty five thousand men unsheathing apart from the ones dwelling in Gibeah.

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These numbered seven hundred men from all of the people, ambidextrous; all these casting stones the hair, and not missing.

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And every man of Israel they were numbered, separate from the sons of Benjamin, four hundred thousand men unsheathing all these warriors.

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And they rose up and ascended unto Beth-el, and asked of God. And said Who shall ascend to us guiding to wage war with the sons of Benjamin? And Judah shall ascend guiding.

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And rose up in the morning, and camped at Gibeah.

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And went forth for war against Benjamin; and he deployed against them of Israel for war against Gibeah.

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And came forth the sons of Benjamin from the city, and utterly destroyed in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men upon the ground.

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And strengthened of Israel, and proceeded to deploy for war in the place in which he deployed there on the day

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And ascended up and they wept before until evening, and they asked of saying, Shall I proceed to draw near for war against of Benjamin my brother? And Ascend against him!

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And came forward against of Benjamin in the day

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And Benjamin came forth to meet them from Gibeah on the day And they utterly destroyed yet of the people of Israel eighteen thousand men upon the ground, all these unsheathing

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And ascended up and all the people, and they came unto Beth-el and wept, and sat there before and fasted in that day until evening; and they offered a whole burnt-offering for deliverance before

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And asked in And was there in those days.

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And Phinehas of Eleazar, of Aaron stood before it in those days, saying, Shall I proceed still to go forth for war against of Benjamin my brother, or slacken? And Ascend, and tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.

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And placed an ambush in Gibeah round about.

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And ascended against the sons of Benjamin on the day And they deployed against Gibeah as once before, and once before that.

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And came forth for meeting the people, and were drawn away from the city. And they began to strike of the people (slain as once before, and once before that) in the ways which there is one ascending to Beth-el, and one ascending to Gibeah in about thirty men of Israel.

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And said They stumble before us as before. And the sons of Israel said, We should flee and pull them out from the city into the ways.

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And every man of Israel rose up from his place, and deployed in Baal-tamar. And the ambush of Israel wrestled from out of its place from of Gibeah.

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And they arrived right opposite Gibeah ten thousand men from out of all Israel. And the battle weighed down, and they did not know that has been affixed

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And put to flight before Israel. And utterly destroyed among Benjamin in that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men, all these unsheathing

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And beheld that they were put to flight. And gave place to Benjamin, for they hoped upon the ambush which they arranged near Gibeah.

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And the ambush advanced, and they poured out against Gibeah. And went and they struck all the city by of the broadsword.

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And the arranged order was of Israel with the ambush, for them to offer a signal-fire of smoke from the city.

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And turned in the battle. And Benjamin began to strike slain against the man of Israel about thirty men. For they said, Surely being put to flight he was put to flight before us as the battle before.

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And the signal-fire began to ascend from the city of smoke. And Benjamin looked behind him, and behold, of the city unto the heaven.

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And of Israel turned. And hastened for he beheld that has touched

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And they leaned before of Israel in the way of the wilderness, and the battle fell unawares and the ones from the cities they utterly destroyed them in their midst.

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And they cut up Benjamin, and pursued him according to his feet, and trampled him unto before Gibeah towards of the sun.

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And fell all these men of power.

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And they turned aside and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. And they gleaned him in the ways five thousand men. And they cleaved after them unto Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.

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And it came to pass all the ones falling among Benjamin thousand men unsheathing in that day; all these of power.

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And they turned aside and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon six hundred men; and they stayed at of Rimmon four months.

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And of Israel turned against the sons of Benjamin, and they struck them by of the broadsword, from city unto beast, and unto all being found in the cities; and the cities being found they burned by fire.