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12 The tribes of Israel sent men all throughout the tribe of Benjamin saying, “What is this wicked thing that has been committed among you? 13 Deliver up those sons of Belial, those men of Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.”[a]

But the Benjaminites would not listen to what Israel had said. 14 The Benjaminites gathered together from out of the cities and they went to Gibeah to fight against the Israelites. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Judges 20:13 An offer was put on the table by the Israelites that could have averted war with the Benjaminites, but in their hardness of heart they ignore it.

12 The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?(A) 13 Now turn those wicked men(B) of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.(C)

But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. 14 From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites.

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