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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 Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

wayyiṯəyaṣṣəḇû pinnôṯ kāl-hā‘ām kōl šiḇəṭê yiśərā’ēl biqəhal ‘am hā’ĕlōhîm ’arəba‘ mē’ôṯ ’elep̱ ’îš rag̱əlî šōlēp̱ ḥāreḇ

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.

wayyišəmə‘û bənê ḇinəyāmin kî-‘ālû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl hammiṣəpāh wayyō’mərû bənê yiśərā’ēl dabbərû ’êḵāh nihəyəṯāh hārā‘āh hazzō’ṯ

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?

wayya‘an hā’îš hallēwî ’îš hā’iššāh hannirəṣāḥāh wayyō’mar haggiḇə‘āṯāh ’ăšer ləḇinəyāmin bā’ṯî ’ănî ûp̱îlag̱əšî lālûn

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.

wayyāqumû ‘ālay ba‘ălê haggiḇə‘āh wayyāsōbbû ‘ālay ’eṯ-habbayiṯ lāyəlāh ’ôṯî dimmû lahărōg̱ wə’eṯ-pîlag̱əšî ‘innû wattāmōṯ

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.

wā’ōḥēz bəp̱îlag̱əšî wā’ănattəḥehā wā’ăšalləḥehā bəḵāl-śəḏēh naḥălaṯ yiśərā’ēl kî ‘āśû zimmāh ûnəḇālāh bəyiśərā’ēl

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.

hinnēh ḵulləḵem bənê yiśərā’ēl hāḇû lāḵem dāḇār wə‘ēṣāh hălōm

Judg 20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

wayyāqām kāl-hā‘ām kə’îš ’eḥāḏ lē’mōr lō’ nēlēḵ ’îš lə’āhŏlô wəlō’ nāsûr ’îš ləḇêṯô

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.

wə‘attāh zeh haddāḇār ’ăšer na‘ăśeh laggiḇə‘āh ‘āleyhā bəg̱ôrāl

Judg 20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

wəlāqaḥənû ‘ăśārāh ’ănāšîm lammē’āh ləḵōl šiḇəṭê yiśərā’ēl ûmē’āh lā’elep̱ wə’elep̱ lārəḇāḇāh lāqaḥaṯ ṣēḏāh lā‘ām la‘ăśôṯ ləḇô’ām ləg̱eḇa‘ binəyāmin kəḵāl-hannəḇālāh ’ăšer ‘āśāh bəyiśərā’ēl

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.

wayyē’āsēp̱ kāl-’îš yiśərā’ēl ’el-hā‘îr kə’îš ’eḥāḏ ḥăḇērîm

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

wayyišələḥû šiḇəṭê yiśərā’ēl ’ănāšîm bəḵāl-šiḇəṭê ḇinəyāmin lē’mōr māh hārā‘āh hazzō’ṯ ’ăšer nihəyəṯāh bāḵem

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?

wə‘attāh tənû ’eṯ-hā’ănāšîm bənê-ḇəliyya‘al ’ăšer baggiḇə‘āh ûnəmîṯēm ûnəḇa‘ărāh rā‘āh miyyiśərā’ēl wəlō’ ’āḇû bənê binəyāmin lišəmōa‘ bəqôl ’ăḥêhem bənê-yiśərā’ēl

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.

wayyē’āsəp̱û ḇənê-ḇinəyāmin min-he‘ārîm haggiḇə‘āṯāh lāṣē’ṯ lammiləḥāmāh ‘im-bənê yiśərā’ēl

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.

wayyiṯəpāqəḏû ḇənê ḇinəyāmin bayyôm hahû’ mēhe‘ārîm ‘eśərîm wəšiššāh ’elep̱ ’îš šōlēp̱ ḥāreḇ ləḇaḏ miyyōšəḇê haggiḇə‘āh hiṯəpāqəḏû šəḇa‘ mē’ôṯ ’îš bāḥûr

Judg 20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

mikkōl hā‘ām hazzeh šəḇa‘ mē’ôṯ ’îš bāḥûr ’iṭṭēr yaḏ-yəmînô kāl-zeh qōlēa‘ bā’eḇen ’el-haśśa‘ărāh wəlō’ yaḥăṭi’

Judg 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

wə’îš yiśərā’ēl hiṯəpāqəḏû ləḇaḏ mibbinəyāmin ’arəba‘ mē’ôṯ ’elep̱ ’îš šōlēp̱ ḥāreḇ kāl-zeh ’îš miləḥāmāh

Judg 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

wayyāqumû wayya‘ălû ḇêṯ-’ēl wayyišə’ălû ḇē’lōhîm wayyō’mərû bənê yiśərā’ēl mî ya‘ăleh-llānû ḇattəḥillāh lammiləḥāmāh ‘im-bənê ḇinəyāmin wayyō’mer yəhwāh yəhûḏāh ḇattəḥillāh

Judg 20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

wayyāqûmû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl babbōqer wayyaḥănû ‘al-haggiḇə‘āh

Judg 20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

wayyēṣē’ ’îš yiśərā’ēl lammiləḥāmāh ‘im-binəyāmin wayya‘arəḵû ’ittām ’îš-yiśərā’ēl miləḥāmāh ’el-haggiḇə‘āh

Judg 20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

wayyēṣə’û ḇənê-ḇinəyāmin min-haggiḇə‘āh wayyašəḥîṯû ḇəyiśərā’ēl bayyôm hahû’ šənayim wə‘eśərîm ’elep̱ ’îš ’ārəṣāh

Judg 20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

wayyiṯəḥazzēq hā‘ām ’îš yiśərā’ēl wayyōsip̱û la‘ărōḵ miləḥāmāh bammāqôm ’ăšer-‘ārəḵû šām bayyôm hāri’šôn

Judg 20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

wayya‘ălû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl wayyiḇəkû lip̱ənê-yəhwāh ‘aḏ-hā‘ereḇ wayyišə’ălû ḇayhwāh lē’mōr ha’ôsîp̱ lāg̱ešeṯ lammiləḥāmāh ‘im-bənê ḇinəyāmin ’āḥî wayyō’mer yəhwāh ‘ălû ’ēlāyw

Judg 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

wayyiqərəḇû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl ’el-bənê ḇinəyāmin bayyôm haššēnî

Judg 20:24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

wayyēṣē’ ḇinəyāmin liqərā’ṯām min-haggiḇə‘āh bayyôm haššēnî wayyašəḥîṯû ḇiḇənê yiśərā’ēl ‘ôḏ šəmōnaṯ ‘āśār ’elep̱ ’îš ’ārəṣāh kāl-’ēlleh šōləp̱ê ḥāreḇ

Judg 20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

wayya‘ălû ḵāl-bənê yiśərā’ēl wəḵāl-hā‘ām wayyāḇō’û ḇêṯ-’ēl wayyiḇəkû wayyēšəḇû šām lip̱ənê yəhwāh wayyāṣûmû ḇayyôm-hahû’ ‘aḏ-hā‘āreḇ wayya‘ălû ‘ōlôṯ ûšəlāmîm lip̱ənê yəhwāh

Judg 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

wayyišə’ălû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl bayhwāh wəšām ’ărôn bərîṯ hā’ĕlōhîm bayyāmîm hāhēm

Judg 20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

ûp̱înəḥās ben-’elə‘āzār ben-’ahărōn ‘ōmēḏ ləp̱ānāyw bayyāmîm hāhēm lē’mōr ha’ôsip̱ ‘ôḏ lāṣē’ṯ lammiləḥāmāh ‘im-bənê-ḇinəyāmin ’āḥî ’im-’eḥədāl wayyō’mer yəhwāh ‘ălû kî māḥār ’ettənennû ḇəyāḏeḵā

Judg 20:28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

wayyāśem yiśərā’ēl ’ōrəḇîm ’el-haggiḇə‘āh sāḇîḇ

Judg 20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

wayya‘ălû ḇənê-yiśərā’ēl ’el-bənê ḇinəyāmin bayyôm haššəlîšî wayya‘arəḵû ’el-haggiḇə‘āh kəp̱a‘am bəp̱ā‘am

Judg 20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

wayyēṣə’û ḇənê-ḇinəyāmin liqəra’ṯ hā‘ām hānətəqû min-hā‘îr wayyāḥēllû ləhakkôṯ mēhā‘ām ḥălālîm kəp̱a‘am bəp̱a‘am baməsillôṯ ’ăšer ’aḥaṯ ‘ōlāh ḇêṯ-’ēl wə’aḥaṯ giḇə‘āṯāh baśśāḏeh kišəlōšîm ’îš bəyiśərā’ēl

Judg 20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

wayyō’mərû bənê ḇinəyāmin niggāp̱îm hēm ləp̱ānênû kəḇāri’šōnāh ûḇənê yiśərā’ēl ’āmərû nānûsāh ûnəṯaqqənuhû min-hā‘îr ’el-haməsillôṯ

Judg 20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

wəḵōl ’îš yiśərā’ēl qāmû mimməqômô wayya‘arəḵû bəḇa‘al tāmār wə’ōrēḇ yiśərā’ēl mēg̱îaḥ mimməqōmô mimma‘ărēh-g̱āḇa‘

Judg 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

wayyāḇō’û minneg̱eḏ laggiḇə‘āh ‘ăśereṯ ’ălāp̱îm ’îš bāḥûr mikkāl-yiśərā’ēl wəhammiləḥāmāh kāḇēḏāh wəhēm lō’ yāḏə‘û kî-nōg̱a‘aṯ ‘ălêhem hārā‘āh

Judg 20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

wayyiggōp̱ yəhwāh ’eṯ-binəyāmin lip̱ənê yiśərā’ēl wayyašəḥîṯû ḇənê yiśərā’ēl bəḇinəyāmin bayyôm hahû’ ‘eśərîm waḥămiššāh ’elep̱ ûmē’āh ’îš kāl-’ēlleh šōlēp̱ ḥāreḇ

Judg 20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

wayyirə’û ḇənê-ḇinəyāmin kî niggāp̱û wayyittənû ’îš-yiśərā’ēl māqôm ləḇinəyāmin kî ḇāṭəḥû ’el-hā’ōrēḇ śāmû ’el-haggiḇə‘āh

Judg 20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

wəhā’ōrēḇ hēḥîšû wayyip̱əšəṭû ’el-haggiḇə‘āh wayyiməšōḵ hā’ōrēḇ wayyaḵ ’eṯ-kāl-hā‘îr ləp̱î-ḥāreḇ

Judg 20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

wəhammô‘ēḏ hāyāh lə’îš yiśərā’ēl ‘im-hā’ōrēḇ hereḇ ləha‘ălôṯām maśə’aṯ he‘āšān min-hā‘îr

Judg 20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

wayyahăp̱ōḵ ’îš-yiśərā’ēl bammiləḥāmāh ûḇinəyāmin hēḥēl ləhakkôṯ ḥălālîm bə’îš-yiśərā’ēl kišəlōšîm ’îš kî ’āmərû ’aḵ niggôp̱ niggāp̱ hû’ ləp̱ānênû kammiləḥāmāh hāri’šōnāh

Judg 20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

wəhammaśə’ēṯ hēḥēllāh la‘ălôṯ min-hā‘îr ‘ammûḏ ‘āšān wayyip̱en binəyāmin ’aḥărāyw wəhinnēh ‘ālāh ḵəlîl-hā‘îr haššāmāyəmāh

Judg 20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

wə’îš yiśərā’ēl hāp̱aḵ wayyibbāhēl ’îš binəyāmin kî rā’āh kî-nāg̱ə‘āh ‘ālāyw hārā‘āh

Judg 20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

wayyip̱ənû lip̱ənê ’îš yiśərā’ēl ’el-dereḵ hammiḏəbār wəhammiləḥāmāh hiḏəbîqāṯəhû wa’ăšer mēhe‘ārîm mašəḥîṯîm ’ôṯô bəṯôḵô

Judg 20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

kittərû ’eṯ-binəyāmin hirəḏîp̱uhû mənûḥāh hiḏərîḵuhû ‘aḏ nōḵaḥ haggiḇə‘āh mimmizəraḥ-šāmeš

Judg 20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

wayyippəlû mibbinəyāmin šəmōnāh-‘āśār ’elep̱ ’îš ’eṯ-kāl-’ēlleh ’anəšê-ḥāyil

Judg 20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

wayyip̱ənû wayyānusû hammiḏəbārāh ’el-sela‘ hārimmôn wayə‘ōləluhû baməsillôṯ ḥămēšeṯ ’ălāp̱îm ’îš wayyaḏəbîqû ’aḥărāyw ‘aḏ-giḏə‘ōm wayyakkû mimmennû ’aləpayim ’îš

Judg 20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

wayəhî ḵāl-hannōp̱əlîm mibbinəyāmin ‘eśərîm waḥămiššāh ’elep̱ ’îš šōlēp̱ ḥereḇ bayyôm hahû’ ’eṯ-kāl-’ēlleh ’anəšê-ḥāyil

Judg 20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

wayyip̱ənû wayyānusû hammiḏəbārāh ’el-sela‘ hārimmôn šēš mē’ôṯ ’îš wayyēšəḇû bəsela‘ rimmôn ’arəbā‘āh ḥŏḏāšîm

Judg 20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

wə’îš yiśərā’ēl šāḇû ’el-bənê ḇinəyāmin wayyakkûm ləp̱î-ḥereḇ mē‘îr məṯōm ‘aḏ-bəhēmāh ‘aḏ kāl-hanniməṣā’ gam kāl-he‘ārîm hanniməṣā’ôṯ šilləḥû ḇā’ēš

Judg 20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

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