Verse 38
Judges 20:38
Literal Standard Version
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And the appointed sign of the men of Israel with the ambush was their causing a great volume of smoke to go up from the city.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/מּוֹעֵ֗ד הָיָ֛ה לְ/אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִם הָ/אֹרֵ֑ב הֶ֕רֶב לְ/הַעֲלוֹתָ֛/ם מַשְׂאַ֥ת הֶ/עָשָׁ֖ן מִן הָ/עִֽיר
English Translation
And the appointed time was for a man of Israel with the hunter to send up the smoke from the city.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And all the sons of Israel go out, and the congregation is assembled as one man, from Dan even to Be...
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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 has been murdered, answers and says, “My concubine...
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and the masters of Gibeah rise against me—and they go around the house against me by night—they thou...
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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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behold, you are all sons of Israel; give for yourselves a word and counsel here.”
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And all the people rise as one man, saying, “None of us goes to his tent, and none of us turns aside...
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9
and now, this is the thing which we do to Gibeah: we go up against it by lot!
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10
And we have taken ten men of one hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand...
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11
And every man of Israel is gathered to 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 which...
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13
And now, give up the men—sons of worthlessness—which are in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we...
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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-six thousand me...
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among all this people are seven hundred chosen men, their right hand bound, each of these slinging w...
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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 goes u...
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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 twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that...
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22
And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set in array for battle in the...
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23
And the sons of Israel go up and weep before YHWH until the evening, and ask of YHWH, saying, “Do I...
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24
And the sons of Israel draw near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day,
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and Benjamin comes out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy eighteen thousand men...
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And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there...
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27
And the sons of Israel ask of YHWH—and the Ark of the Covenant of God (Elohim) is there in those day...
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and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days, saying, “Do I add to...
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And Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around,
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and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and arrange themselves a...
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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 struck before us as at the beginning”; but the sons of Israe...
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And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Ba‘al-Tamar, and th...
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34
And they come in from the front against Gibeah—ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel—and the bat...
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35
And YHWH strikes Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, tw...
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And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been struck—and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin...
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and the ambush has hurried, and pushes against Gibeah, and the ambush draws itself out, and strikes...
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38
And the appointed sign of the men of Israel with the ambush was their causing a great volume of smok...
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And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin has begun to strike the wounded among the men of...
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40
but the volume has begun to go up from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turns behind, and beh...
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41
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 to the way of the wilderness, and the battle has followed the...
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43
they have surrounded the Benjamites—they have pursued them—they have trodden them down with ease as...
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44
And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall—all these were men of valor;
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and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon; and they glean five thousand of...
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46
And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men drawing sword, on that day—all these...
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but six hundred men turn and flee into the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwell in the...
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48
And the men of Israel have turned back to the sons of Benjamin, and strike them by the mouth of the...
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