Judges 21:15

21:15 The people regretted what had happened to ¹  Benjamin because the Lord had weakened ²  the Israelite tribes.

Judges 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ³  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ⁴ 

Judges 20:2

20:2 The leaders ⁵  of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered ⁶  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 ⁷  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ⁸ 

Judges 21:8

21:8 So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. ⁹ 

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. ¹⁰  When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.” ¹¹ 

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. ¹² 

Judges 21:24

21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ¹³ 

Judges 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ¹⁴  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ¹⁵  intending to take possession of the land.

Judges 4:10

4:10 Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; ¹⁶  Deborah went up with him as well.

Judges 21:6

21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to ¹⁷  their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire ¹⁸  tribe from Israel!

Judges 4:6

4:6 She summoned ¹⁹  Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, “Is it not true that the Lord God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun!

Judges 20:3

20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

Judges 21:3

21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire ²⁰  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

[21:15]  ¹ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:15]  ² tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached.

[20:12]  ³ tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[20:2]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[18:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[21:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “Look, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.”

[20:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “people.”

[20:10]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ 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.’”

[21:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “his inheritance.”

[2:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “sent away.”

[2:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

[4:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “went up at his feet.”

[21:6]  ²¹ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:6]  ²² tn Heb “cut off one.”

[4:6]  ²³ tn Heb “sent and summoned.”

[21:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “one.”