Judges 20:9

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

In Context

8Then 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.

10and we will take ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to fetch provisions for the people,—that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the impiety that it hath wrought in Israel.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 14:41And Saul said unto Yahweh—O God of Israel! now set forth the truth. Then were, Jonathan and Saul, taken, and, the people, escaped.

Nehemiah 11:1And the rulers of the people dwelt in Jerusalem,—and, the rest of the people, cast lots, to bring in one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in [other] cities.

Jonah 1:7And they said—every one unto his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may get to know for whose sake this calamity is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

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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