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You are the people of Israel, and you must decide today what to do about the men of Gibeah.

The whole army was in agreement, and they said, “None of us will go home. 9-10 We'll send one tenth of the men from each tribe to get food for the army. And we'll ask God[a] who should attack Gibeah, because those men[b] deserve to be punished for committing such a horrible crime in Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 20.9,10 ask God: The Hebrew text has “use lots to decide”; small pieces of wood or stone called “lots” were used to find out what God wanted his people to do.
  2. 20.9,10 those men: One Hebrew manuscript and one ancient translation; the Standard Hebrew text “the men of Geba.”

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