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Judges 20:9

Gibeah

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

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

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.”

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

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BSB
Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
KJV
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
WEB
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
ASV
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
DARBY
But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we go] by lot against it;
BLB
And this [is] the thing that we will do to Gibeah, against it by lot.
ÅB
Og slik vil vi gjøre med Gibea: Under loddet med det[^1]!
OTB
Dette er hva vi vil gjøre med Gibea: Vi vil kaste lodd for å bestemme hvordan vi angriper det.
B1930
Og således vil vi gjøre med Gibea: Under loddet med det! / < d.e. vi vil innta og dele det ved loddkasting.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 1:26

    Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:5

    Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

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  • Nehemiah 11:1

    Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.

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  • Proverbs 16:33

    The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

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  • Joshua 14:2

    Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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  • Jonah 1:7

    “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:41–42

    So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

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