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Judg 20:1: 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.<br/>
Judg 20:2: 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.<br/>
Judg 20:3: (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?<br/>
Judg 20:4: And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.<br/>
Judg 20:5: And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.<br/>
Judg 20:6: And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.<br/>
Judg 20:7: Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.<br/>
Judg 20:8: 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.<br/>
Judg 20:9: But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;<br/>
Judg 20:10: And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.<br/>
Judg 20:11: So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.<br/>
Judg 20:12: And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?<br/>
Judg 20:13: Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:<br/>
Judg 20:14: But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.[[Category:Bible Topic]]