Judges 20:10-12

Contemporary English Version

^9-10We'll send one tenth of the men from each tribe to get food for the army. And we'll ask God^[a] who should attack Gibeah, because those men^[b] deserve to be punished for committing such a horrible crime in Israel.”

¹¹Everyone agreed that Gibeah had to be punished.

¹²The tribes of Israel sent messengers to every town and village in Benjamin. And wherever the messengers went, they said, “How could those worthless men in Gibeah do such a disgusting thing?

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Footnotes

20.9,10 ask God: The Hebrew text has “use lots to decide”; small pieces of wood or stone called “lots” were used to find out what God wanted his people to do.
20.9,10 those men: One Hebrew manuscript and one ancient translation; the Standard Hebrew text “the men of Geba.”