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But the children of Benjamin assembled out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

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

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

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

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle 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 Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀ (לִ) li “to”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt-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, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver them into thy hand.

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, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways.

לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe: but they knew not that evil was near them.

לַגִּבְעָ֜ה (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men: all these drew the sword.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjaminites, because they trusted to the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.

לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city.

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

And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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

But when the flame began to rise from the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended to heaven.

לַעֲל֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.

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

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

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

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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