Judges 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ¹  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ² 

Judges 20:2

20:2 The leaders ³  of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered ⁴  four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

Judges 18:1

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ⁵  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ⁶ 

Judges 20:10

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. ⁷  When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.” ⁸ 

Judges 21:5

21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. ⁹ 

[20:12]  ¹ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ² tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[20:2]  ³ tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.

[20:2]  ⁴ tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[20:10]  ⁷ tn Or “people.”

[20:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “to do at their arrival in Geba of Benjamin according to all the disgraceful [thing] which he [collective = “Benjamin”] did in Israel.” Here “Geba” must be an error for “Gibeah.”

[21:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’”