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Judges 20:8

6 Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

10 We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

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BSB
Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
KJV
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.
WEB
All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And all the people rose up as one man, saying, We will not any one go to his tent, neither will we any one turn into his house.
BLB
And all the people arose as one man, saying, “Not a man will go to his tent, nor will a man turn back to his house.
ÅB
Da reiste hele folket seg som én mann og sa: Ingen av oss vil dra bort til sitt telt, og ingen av oss vil reise hjem til sitt hus.
OTB
Alle folket reiste seg som én og sa: "Ingen av oss vil vende tilbake til våre telt eller hjem.
B1930
Da reiste hele folket sig som én mann og sa: Ingen av oss vil dra bort til sitt telt, og ingen av oss vil reise hjem til sitt hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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  • Proverbs 21:3

    To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

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  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • Judges 21:1

    Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

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  • Judges 21:5

    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

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  • Judges 20:11

    So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

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