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13 So then, hand over the men, the perverse lot,[a] who are in Gibeah, so that we may kill them and purge this wickedness from Israel.” But the descendants[b] of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their relatives,[c] the Israelites.[d] 14 And the descendants[e] of Benjamin were gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out for battle against the Israelites.[f] 15 From the cities the descendants[g] of Benjamin were counted on that day twenty-six thousand sword-wielding men,[h] besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted seven hundred well-trained[i] men.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:13 Literally “sons of uselessness”
  2. Judges 20:13 Or “sons/children”
  3. Judges 20:13 Or “brothers”
  4. Judges 20:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Judges 20:14 Or “sons/children”
  6. Judges 20:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Judges 20:15 Or “sons/children”
  8. Judges 20:15 Literally “men drawing sword”
  9. Judges 20:15 Or “chosen”