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And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel.

לָצֵ֥את (לָ) la. “to”לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

לָּ֣נוּ (לָּ֣) La. “for <the>”לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

לִפְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ (לָ) la. “to”לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀ (לִ) li “to”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into

לְפָנָ֗יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָצֵ֧את (לָ) la. “to”לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the o

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לְהַכּוֹת֩ (לְ) le. “to”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

לַגִּבְעָ֜ה (לַ) la. “to <the>”

Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

לְאִ֥ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם (לְ) le. “to”

The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

לְהַכּ֨וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.

לַעֲל֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

לָמָ֗ה (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהִפָּקֵ֥ד (לְ) le. “to”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

לַ֠אֲשֶׁר (לַ֠) La. “to”לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”