To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Judges 20:8 - Revised Standard Version CI And all the people arose as one man, saying, “We will not any of us go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house. 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 it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.
Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”
But now this is what we will do to Gibe-ah: we will go up against it by lot,
Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”
And the people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “He shall be put to death.”