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And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto 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 on that day 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 Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah [ergänzt: 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 set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.

לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

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

לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even; and they asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah 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 unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

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 Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him 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 and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, 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 away from the city unto the highways.

לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.

לַגִּבְעָ֜ה (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin 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 Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against 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 the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

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

And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and 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 cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up [ergänzt: in smoke] to heaven.

לַעֲל֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

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, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

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

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

And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And they said, O Jehovah, the 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 in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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