Verse 40
Judges 20:40
Young's Literal Translation
40
and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/מַּשְׂאֵ֗ת הֵחֵ֛לָּה לַ/עֲל֥וֹת מִן הָ/עִ֖יר עַמּ֣וּד עָשָׁ֑ן וַ/יִּ֤פֶן בִּנְיָמִן֙ אַחֲרָ֔י/ו וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה עָלָ֥ה כְלִיל הָ/עִ֖יר הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה
English Translation
And the burden began to rise from the city, a pillar of smoke, and Benjamin turned behind me, and behold, the whole of the city ascended like the heavens.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-...
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And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of...
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3
And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel...
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And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, 'Into Gib...
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and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- m...
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and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inhe...
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lo, ye [are] all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.'
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8
And all the people rise as one man, saying, 'None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth tur...
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9
and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!
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10
and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, an...
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11
And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions.
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12
And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, 'What [is] this evil whi...
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13
And now, give up the men -- sons of worthlessness -- which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death...
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14
and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons...
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15
And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty and six thous...
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among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, bound of their right hand, each of these sling...
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17
And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing s...
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18
And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God (Elohim), and the sons of Israel say, 'Who doth g...
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19
And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,
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20
and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array...
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21
and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thou...
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22
And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the...
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23
And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, '...
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24
And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,
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and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Is...
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26
And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit the...
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And the sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there [is] the ark of the covenant of God (Elohim) in...
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and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, 'Do I add...
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29
And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,
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and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves...
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31
And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and...
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32
And the sons of Benjamin say, 'They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Isra...
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33
And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the...
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34
And they come in over against Gibeah -- ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel -- and the battle...
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35
And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day,...
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36
And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten -- and the men of Israel give place to Benj...
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37
and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth...
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38
And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a gr...
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39
And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of...
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40
and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind...
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And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the...
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42
and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed...
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43
they have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease they have trodden them dow...
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44
And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these [are] men of valour;
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and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the...
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46
And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day -- the...
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and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell...
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48
And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the...
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