Judges 20:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ The Israelites proceeded to go up to Bethel, where they inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord answered, “Judah shall go up first.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The Israelites arose and went up to the house of God [Bethel] and asked counsel of God and said, Which of us shall take the lead to battle against the Benjamites? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up first.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then the Israelites marched up to Bethel to ask for direction from God. They inquired, “Who should go up first to fight against the Benjaminites for us?” And the LORD said, “Let the tribe of Judah be first.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they rose up and went to the house of God, that is, to Shiloh. And they consulted God, and they said, "Who shall be, in our army, the first to contend against the sons of Benjamin?" And the Lord responded to them, "Let Judah be your leader."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo. And they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.

Judges 20:18 Krydshenvisninger

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.

Numbers 27:21

But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, the whole congregation.”

Numbers 27:5

Moses brought their case before the Lord.

Joshua 18:1

Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.

Joshua 9:14

So the leaders partook of their provisions and did not ask direction from the Lord.

Judges 18:31

So they maintained as their own Micah’s idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.

Judges 19:18

He answered him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to my home. Nobody has offered to take me in.

Judges 20:17

And the Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand armed men, all of them warriors.

Judges 20:19

Then the Israelites got up in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.

Judges 20:23

The Israelites strengthened themselves and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.

Judges 20:7

So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”

1 Samuel 10:3

Then you shall go on from there further and come to the oak of Tabor; three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there: one carrying three kids, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.