Judges 20:30
28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
29 So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
31 The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
32 “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- KJV
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- WEB
- The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- ASV
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at the other times.
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they arrayed against Gibeah as time upon time.
- ÅB
- Og Israels barn dro opp mot Benjamins barn den tredje dag og stilte seg opp bortimot Gibea, slik som de tidligere ganger.
- OTB
- På den tredje dagen gikk israelittene opp mot benjaminittene og tok opp posisjoner mot Gibea som før.
- B1930
- Og Israels barn drog op mot Benjamins barn den tredje dag og stilte sig op bortimot Gibea, likesom de tidligere ganger.