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and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.

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

And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities `are' twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, `who' numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;

לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”

And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?' and Jehovah saith, `Judah -- at the commencement.'

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

and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array with them, `for' battle against Gibeah,

לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.'

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

and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.

לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀ (לִ) li “to”

And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

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

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.'

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

And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite `some' of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), `are' about thirty men of Israel.

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

And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.'

לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And they come in over against Gibeah -- ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel -- and the battle `is' grievous, and they have not known that the evil is striking against them.

לַגִּבְעָ֜ה (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these `are' drawing sword.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been smitten -- and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted unto the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,

לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”

and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And there was the appointed sign to the men of Israel with the ambush -- their causing to go up a great volume of smoke from the city.

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

And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as `at' the first battle;

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

and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.

לַעֲל֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who `are' from the city are destroying them in their midst;

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, -- men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.

לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

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

And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

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

And the sons of Israel say, `Who `is' he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?' for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.'

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