Judges 20:31

וַיֵּצְאוּ בְנֵֽי ־ בִנְיָמִן לִקְרַאת הָעָם הָנְתְּקוּ מִן ־ הָעִיר וַיָּחֵלּוּ לְהַכּוֹת מֵהָעָם חֲלָלִים כְּפַעַם ׀ בְּפַעַם בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַחַת עֹלָה בֵֽית ־ אֵל וְאַחַת גִּבְעָתָה בַּשָּׂדֶה כִּשְׁלֹשִׁים אִישׁ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

30וַיַּעֲלוּ בְנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַיַּעַרְכוּ אֶל ־ הַגִּבְעָה כְּפַעַם בְּפָֽעַם ׃

32וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן נִגָּפִים הֵם לְפָנֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמְרוּ נָנוּסָה וּֽנְתַקְּנֻהוּ מִן ־ הָעִיר אֶל ־ הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 8:14וַיְהִי כִּרְאוֹת מֶֽלֶךְ ־ הָעַי וַֽיְמַהֲרוּ וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ וַיֵּצְאוּ אַנְשֵֽׁי ־ הָעִיר לִקְרַֽאת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַֽמִּלְחָמָה הוּא וְכָל ־ עַמּוֹ לַמּוֹעֵד לִפְנֵי הָֽעֲרָבָה וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע כִּֽי ־ אֹרֵב לוֹ מֵאַחֲרֵי הָעִֽיר ׃

Judges 19:13וַיֹּאמֶר לְנַעֲרוֹ לְךָ וְנִקְרְבָה בְּאַחַד הַמְּקֹמוֹת וְלַנּוּ בַגִּבְעָה אוֹ בָרָמָֽה ׃

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 →

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