H9002–/וְ–v

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֖רֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

וּנְבָלָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done.

וְעֵצָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the a

וּמֵאָ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶ֣לֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם (וּ) u. “so”וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

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,

וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

וְשָׁ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּ֠פִינְחָס (וּ֠) U. “and”

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

וְאַחַ֤ת (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֹרֵ֧ב (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”

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,

וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”