Judges 20:28
Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was the priest. The Israelites asked the Lord, “Should we go and fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or not?” “Yes, go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you,” the Lord replied.
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In Context
27The Israelites asked the Lord what to do. At that time the Ark of God's Agreement was kept there.
29Then the Israelites set up an ambush around Gibeah.
Cross References
Numbers 25:7When he saw this, Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, left the assembly, grabbed a spear
Deuteronomy 18:5For the Lord your God has chosen Levi and his descendants from all your tribes to stand before him and serve in his name forever.
Joshua 22:13Before they did so, they sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead.
Joshua 24:33And Eleazar, son of Aaron, died and they buried him at Gibeah, in the hill country of Ephraim, land which had been given to his son Phinehas.
Judges 7:9That night the Lord spoke to Gideon, “Get up, go down and attack the camp, for I have handed it over to you.
1 Samuel 23:4So David asked advice from the Lord again, and the Lord told him, “Go immediately to Keilah, for I will give you victory over the Philistines.”
Matthew Henry on Judges 20:27-48
The Defeat of the Benjamites. ( b. c. 1410.) 26 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 . 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the Lord , (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to… Read the whole commentary →