Judges 20:27

Easy To Read Version

The men of Israel asked the Lord a question. (In those days God’s Box of the Agreement [172] was there at Bethel.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:6

I did not live in a house at the time I took the Israelites out of Egypt. No, I traveled around in a tent. I used the tent for my home.

Isaiah 59:1

Look, the Lord’s power is enough to save you. He can hear you when you ask him for help.

Jeremiah 7:12

“You people of Judah, go now to the town of Shiloh. Go to the place where I first made a house for my name. The people of Israel also did evil things. Go and see what I did to that place because of the evil things they did. {\cf2\super [59]}

Numbers 27:21

If Joshua needs to make a decision, then he will go to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will use the Urim [325] to learn the Lord’s answer. Then Joshua and all the people of Israel will do the things God says. If he says, ‘go to war,’ then they will go to war. And if he says, ‘go home,’ then they will go home.”

Joshua 18:1

All of the Israelite people gathered together at Shiloh. At that place they set up the Meeting Tent. [63] The people of Israel controlled that country. They had defeated all the enemies in that land.

Judges 1:1

Joshua died. Then the people of Israel prayed to the Lord. They said, “Which of our family groups should be the first to go and fight for us against the Canaanite people?”

Judges 20:18

The people of Israel went up to the city of Bethel. At Bethel they asked God, “Which family group will be first to attack the family group of Benjamin?”

Judges 20:28

Phinehas was the priest that served God there. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. Eleazar was the son of Aaron.) The people of Israel asked, “The people of Benjamin are our relatives. Should we again go to fight against them? Or should we stop fighting?”

1 Samuel 10:3

{Samuel said,} “Then you will go until you come to the large oak tree at Tabor. Three men will meet you there. Those three men will be on their way to worship God at Bethel. One man will be carrying three young goats. The second man will be carrying three loaves of bread. And the third man will have a bottle of wine.