23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord(A) until evening,(B) and they inquired of the Lord.(C) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight(D) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”

The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”

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23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

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The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

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