When the people of Israel heard about it, the whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh. They intended to wage war against them.
I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God, but they are misguided.
you must kill the residents of that city with swords and destroy that city and everyone in it, including the animals, because they are claimed by God.
The whole congregation of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land was under their control.
The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar, to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead.
When they arrived these leaders said to the people of Gilead,
Then Phinehas (son of the priest Eleazar) and the leaders returned from Reuben and Gad in Gilead to Israel in Canaan and gave them the report.