Then all the people stood up at the same time, saying, “None of us will go home. Not one of us will go back to his house!
Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.
Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.
So all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, joined together before the Lord in the city of Mizpah.
So all the men of Israel were united and gathered against the city.
Now, all you Israelites, speak up. What is your decision?”
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah. We will throw lots.
At Mizpah the men of Israel had sworn, “Not one of us will let his daughter marry a man from the tribe of Benjamin.”
Then the Israelites asked, “Did any tribe of Israel not come here to meet with us in the presence of the Lord?” They asked this question because they had sworn that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah would be killed.