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Chapter 20

Assembly of Israelites. So all the Israelites came out as one, from Dan to Beer-sheba[a](A) including the land of Gilead, and the assembly gathered to the Lord at Mizpah. The leaders of all the people, all the staff-bearers of Israel,[b] presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God—four hundred thousand foot soldiers who carried swords. Meanwhile, the Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites asked, “How did this evil thing happen?”

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Footnotes

  1. 20:1 From Dan to Beer-sheba: the entire country, from north to south. The land of Gilead: Israelite territory east of the Jordan.
  2. 20:2 The staff-bearers of Israel: the tribal leaders.

The Israelites Punish the Benjamites

20 Then all Israel(A) from Dan to Beersheba(B) and from the land of Gilead came together as one(C) and assembled(D) before the Lord in Mizpah.(E) The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men(F) armed with swords. (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”

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