Judges 20:8

Easy To Read Version

Then all the people stood up at the same time. They said together, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will go back to his house.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:3

Do the things that are right and fair. The Lord loves that better than sacrifices.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Judges 20:1

So all the people of Israel joined together. They all came together to stand before the Lord in the city of Mizpah. People came from everywhere in Israel. [166] Even the Israelite people from Gilead [167] were 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 20:7

Now, all you men of Israel, speak up. Give your decision about what we should do.”

Judges 20:9

Now this is what we will do to the city of Gibeah: We will throw lots [169] to let God show us what to do to those people.

Judges 21:1

At Mizpah, the men of Israel made a promise. This was their promise: “Not one of us will let his daughter marry a man from the family group of Benjamin.”

Judges 21:5

Then the people of Israel said, “Are there any family groups of Israel that did not come here to meet with us before the Lord?” They asked this question because they had made a serious promise. They had promised that anyone that did not come together with the other family groups at the city of Mizpah would be killed.