Judges 20:12

Easy To Read Version

The family groups of Israel sent men to the family group of Benjamin with a message. The message was: “What about this terrible thing that some of your men have done?

Cross References

Romans 12:18

Do the best you can to live in peace with all people.

Deuteronomy 13:14

If you hear this kind of news, you must do all you can to learn if it is true. If you learn that it is true—if you prove that such a terrible thing really did happen—

Deuteronomy 20:10

“When you go to attack a city, you must first offer peace to the people there.

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city of Gibeah. They were all agreed to what they were doing.

Judges 20:13

Send those bad men from the city of Gibeah to us. Give us those men so that we can put them to death. We must remove the evil from among the people of Israel.”

Judges 20:3

The people from the family group of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel were meeting together in Mizpah. The people of Israel said, “Tell us how this terrible thing happened.”