GOD in the Old Testament - Judges - Part 7

Judges 20:1-2

    Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the LORD at Mizpah. The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God's people, four hundred thousand men armed with swords.

 

Judges 20:18  

    The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Benjamites?"

    The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

 

Judges 20:26-29  

    Then all the Isrealites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD. And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there, with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, "Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?"

    The LORD responded, "Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands."

    Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah.

    [see all Judges 19-20] 

 

Judges 21:1-3  

    The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: "Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."

    The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. "LORD, God of Israel," they cried, "why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?"

 

Judges 21:25  

    In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.

    [see all Judges 21] 

 

[brackets are mine]

 

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