To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Judges 20:8 - New Revised Standard Version All the people got up as one, saying, “We will not any of us go to our tents, nor will any of us return to our houses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the people arose as one man, saying, Not any of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his home. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house. Common English Bible At this, all the people stood as one to say, “Not a single one of us is going home or returning to our house! Catholic Public Domain Version And all the people, standing, responded as if with the word of one man: "We shall not return to our own tents, nor shall anyone enter into his own house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the people standing answered as by the voice of one man: We will not return to our tents, neither shall any one of us go into his own house: |
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah.
So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.
Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”
Then the Israelites said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” For a solemn oath had been taken concerning whoever did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “That one shall be put to death.”