Judges 20:8

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All the people stood together as one and said, "None of us will go to his tent or turn back to his house.

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  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the Israelites went out, and the entire assembly came together as one man, from Dan to Beersheba and the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Judg 20:11 : 11 So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.
  • Judg 21:1 : 1 The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, 'None of us will give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.'
  • Judg 21:5 : 5 The Israelites asked, 'Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up to the assembly of the LORD at Mizpah?' They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.

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  • Judg 20:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9This is what we will do to Gibeah: We will decide by casting lots.

    10We will take ten men out of every hundred, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand across all the tribes of Israel. They will gather provisions for the army, so we can act against Gibeah in Benjamin for their disgraceful act in Israel.

    11So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

    13Now hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

  • Judg 20:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Then all the Israelites went out, and the entire assembly came together as one man, from Dan to Beersheba and the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah.

    2The leaders of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, took their positions in the assembly of the people of God—four hundred thousand soldiers armed with swords.

    3The people of Benjamin heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. The Israelites said, "Tell us, how did this terrible crime happen?"

  • Num 32:18
    75%

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received their inheritance.

  • Judg 20:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjaminites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

    19The next morning the Israelites got up and camped near Gibeah.

    20The Israelites went out to fight the Benjaminites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

  • Judg 20:7
    74%

    7Now, all you Israelites, give your verdict and advice here and now.

  • 2 Chr 10:16
    72%

    16When all Israel realized that the king had not listened to them, they responded to the king, saying, "What share do we have in David? What inheritance is there for us in the son of Jesse? Every man to your tents, Israel! Now take care of your own house, David!" So all the Israelites returned to their homes.

  • Exod 19:8
    72%

    8And all the people answered together, saying, 'We will do everything the LORD has spoken.' Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

  • Judg 21:8
    72%

    8They asked, 'Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come to the LORD at Mizpah?' They found that no one had come from Jabesh-Gilead to the assembly.

  • Judg 21:5
    72%

    5The Israelites asked, 'Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come up to the assembly of the LORD at Mizpah?' They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

  • 1 Kgs 12:16
    71%

    16When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.

  • 1 Sam 8:20
    71%

    20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us, govern us, and fight our battles.

  • 1 Sam 14:9
    71%

    9If they say to us, 'Wait there until we come to you,' we will stay in our place and not go up to them.

  • Judg 19:15
    71%

    15They turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. When they went in, they sat in the town square, but no one took them into their house to spend the night.

  • Judg 19:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside into a city of foreigners, who are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”

    13He said to his servant, "Come, let us approach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."

  • Josh 8:5
    70%

    5"I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them."

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    70%

    12'We will come upon him wherever he is found, and we will fall on him like dew settling on the ground. Not even one of his men will survive.'

  • 1 Chr 13:4
    70%

    4The whole assembly agreed to do so, for the proposal seemed right to all the people.

  • 2 Sam 18:3
    70%

    3But the people replied, 'You must not go with us. If we are forced to flee, no one will care about us. Even if half of us die, no one will pay attention. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for you to provide support from the city.'

  • Judg 21:24
    70%

    24At that time, the Israelites departed from there, each man to his tribe and family. They returned to their inheritance.

  • Josh 24:16
    70%

    16The people replied, "Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  • Judg 21:1
    70%

    1The men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, 'None of us will give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.'

  • Neh 8:1
    70%

    1All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  • 2 Sam 19:8
    70%

    8Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come upon you from your youth until now."

  • Judg 20:31-33
    3 verses
    70%

    31The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.

    32The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."

    33All the men of Israel rose up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelite ambush broke out of its place west of Gibeah.

  • Josh 22:12
    69%

    12When the Israelites heard this, the whole assembly gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

  • Judg 20:23
    69%

    23The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD. They asked, "Shall we go up again to wage war against the Benjaminites, our brothers?" The LORD answered, "Go up against them."

  • 1 Kgs 20:8
    69%

    8The elders and all the people said to him, 'Do not listen to or agree to his demands.'

  • Exod 24:3
    69%

    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said."

  • Num 1:52
    69%

    52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man by his own banner, near his own family’s camp.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    69%

    2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:12
    69%

    12The whole assembly responded with a loud voice, "You are right! We must do as you say.

  • Judg 19:28
    69%

    28He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

  • Deut 1:41
    69%

    41Then you answered me and said, 'We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' So each of you strapped on his weapons of war and thought it would be easy to go up into the hill country.

  • Deut 12:8
    68%

    8You must not act as we are doing here today, where everyone does whatever seems right in their own eyes.

  • 2 Sam 19:43
    68%

    43The men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, "The king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions, or have we taken anything for ourselves?"

  • Josh 22:29
    68%

    29Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.

  • Josh 22:21
    68%

    21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel: