Text -- Judges 20:9 (NET)

20:9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 20:9

¹ tn Heb “against her by lot.” The verb “we will go up” (נַעֲלֶה, na’aleh) has probably been accidentally omitted before “against her” (עָלֶיהָ, ’aleha).

sn As the lot dictates. The Israelite soldiers intended to cast lots to determine which tribe would lead the battle charge (see v. 18).