Judges 20:8-11
20:8 All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
20:9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.
20:10 We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”
20:11 So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.
Judges 20:18
20:18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God, “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”
Judges 20:23
20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the
Lord until evening. They asked the
Lord, “Should we
again march out to fight
the Benjaminites, our brothers?”
The
Lord said, “Attack them!”
Judges 20:26-28
20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord.
20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
20:28 Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord in those days), “Should we once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, or should we quit?” The Lord said, “Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”