Judges 20:1-3

New International Reader's Version

The Israelites Punish the Tribe of Benjamin

20 Then all the Israelites came out. They came from the whole land between Dan and Beersheba. They also came from the land of Gilead. All of them gathered together in front of the Lord at Mizpah. ² The leaders of all the tribes of Israel came. They took their places among the people of God gathered together. There were 400,000 men carrying swords. ³ The tribe of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”