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So now, you people of Israel, I am looking to you for counsel. What should we do?

Not only is this act an outrage against the custom of hospitality in that day, but it is a gross violation of the life of another human being.

Israelites (standing together): We will not return to our tents, and we will not go home to our houses, but this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will cast lots to choose who will go into battle against it.

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Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.(A)

All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house. But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: We’ll go up against it in the order decided by casting lots.(B)

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