Judges 20:8 · KJV
“And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any {of us} go to his tent, neither will we any {of us} turn into his house.”
— Judges 20:8
Behold, ye {are} all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
But now this {shall be} the thing which we will do to Gibeah; {we will go up} by lot against it;
Judges 20 — Context
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
7Behold, ye {are} all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
8And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any {of us} go to his tent, neither will we any {of us} turn into his house.
9But now this {shall be} the thing which we will do to Gibeah; {we will go up} by lot against it;
10And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment {is} more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges 20:11
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. {knit...: Heb. fellows}
Judges 21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Judges 21:5
And the children of Israel said, Who {is there} among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto 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.