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Judges 20:9

Gibeah

7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

8 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.

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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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

    And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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  • 1 Chronicles 24:5

    Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

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  • Nehemiah 11:1

    And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

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  • Proverbs 16:33

    The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

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  • Joshua 14:2

    By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

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  • Jonah 1:7

    And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:41–42

    Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

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