Judges 20:8

Then arose all the people, as one man, saying,—No man of us will go to his tent, and no man of us will turn aside to his house.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Lo! ye all, are sons of Israel,—give your word and counsel, here.

9Now, therefore, this is the thing, that we will do to Gibeah,—[Go] against it by lot;

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Cross References

Judges 20:11So all the men of Israel were gathered together against the city, as one man knit together.

Judges 21:5And the sons of Israel said, Who was there that came not up, in the convocation, out of all the tribes of Israel, unto Yahweh? For, the great oath, had been taken, as to any who came not up unto Yahweh at Mizpah, saying—He shall be, put to death.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do,—for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

Matthew Henry on Judges 20:2-12

The Combination Against Gibeah. ( b. c. 1410.) 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh. 2 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. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of… Read the whole commentary →

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