When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
you must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Completely destroy everyone in it as well as its livestock with the sword.
The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh where it set up the tent of meeting there; the land had been subdued by them.
The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead.
They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them,
Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report to them.