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17 The other Israelite tribes, without Benjamin, had an army of 400,000 soldiers who knew how to use their weapons. 18 They went to Bethel.[a] They asked God which tribe should go first to attack Benjamin's army. The Lord replied, ‘Judah must go first.’

19 The next morning, the Israelites got up and they prepared to attack Gibeah.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:18 Bethel was then the place where the Israelites met with God at that time. The priest there would use the Urim and Thummim to find out what God was saying to them.