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Verse Judges 20:15. _TWENTY AND SIX THOUSAND_] Some copies of the
_Septuagint_ have twenty-three thousand, others twenty-five thousand.
The _Vulgate_ has this latter number; the _Complutensian_ Polygl...
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Comparing the numbers here with those in Numbers 1; Numbers 26, it is
seen that in the case both of the Benjamites and the Israelites the
numbers are diminished by about one-third, i. e., they appear...
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CHAPTER 20 THE HORRIBLE WAR
_ 1. The Levite's story (Judges 20:1)_
2. The uprising (Judges 20:8)
3. The slaying of the Israelites (Judges 20:12)
4. Benjamin exterminated except six hundred men ...
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JUDGES 20. THE OUTRAGE AVENGED.The congregation (LXX Synagô gç) is a
post-exilic term. The words as one man suggest a unity of action such
as was not secured till long after the time of the Judges. Th...
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The figures in this account are inconsistent. The entire muster of
Benjamites is reckoned here at 26,700; while Judges 20:35_; Judges
20:47_give a total 25,700, and Judges 20:44 a total 25,600. Some m...
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WHICH WERE NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED CHOSEN MEN— It is said in the 46th
verse, that there fell of the Benjamites on the third day twenty-five
thousand. In the 47th verse, that there remained from the sla...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN WERE NUMBERED AT THAT TIME OUT OF THE
CITIES TWENTY AND SIX THOUSAND MEN THAT DREW SWORD, BESIDE THE
INHABITANTS OF GIBEAH, WHICH WERE NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED CHOSEN MEN._...
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THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BENJAMITES
The Levite recounts his wrongs to a full assemblage of the tribes, who
decree punishment upon Benjamin. Their first two attacks are
unsuccessful, but the third results...
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IN Judges 20:44 only 25,600 men are accounted for. LXX here reads
25,000, and neglects the 700 men of Judges 20:16.
16. See on Judges 3:16....
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 20
V1 Then all the *Israelites from Dan to Beersheba came to meet
together. They also came from the area called Gilead. They all met at
Mizpah, wher...
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OUT OF THE CITIES. — They could only live in cities, because the
Jebusites still held Jerusalem, and the Canaanites around them were
very incompletely subdued.
TWENTY AND SIX THOUSAND. — This seems to...
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וַ יִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֜ן
בַּ † יֹּ֤ום...
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Judges 20:1; Judges 21:1
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
Judges 19:1; Judges 20:1;...
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The action of the Levite served its purpose. The nation was stirred
momentarily to its center. A great moral passion flamed out.
Underneath all the degeneracy was a true stratum of religious
convictio...
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The other tribes called upon Benjamin to release to them the wicked
men that they might be put to death in accord with the law
(Deuteronomy 22:22). By refusing to release them, the rest of the
tribe o...
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Men. This number is verified, ver. 35. The Benjamites had 25,700 in
all, of whom they lost 25,100; so that 600 remained. Hebrew reads here
26,000; and some pretend (Calmet) that 1000 fell in the two v...
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The disposition of the army of Israel, and then asking counsel from
the Lord, is a sweet token for good. And, as the Lord appointed Judah
to lead, who doth not see shadowed out in this, the early toke...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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AND THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN WERE NUMBERED AT THAT TIME OUT OF THE
CITIES,.... All that they could muster up, and gather together out of
their several cities, were no more man than
TWENTY AND SIX THO...
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_And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the
inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men._...
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_Twenty and six thousand men_ “How does this agree with the
following numbers; for all that were slain of Benjamin were
twenty-five thousand and one hundred men, (Judges 20:35,) and there
were only si...
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1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth his wrong.
8 The decree of the assembly.
12 The Beniamites being cited, make head against the Israelites.
18 The Israelites in two battels loose fourty...
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And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities, out of their entire territory, TWENTY AND SIX THOUSAND MEN
THAT DREW SWORD, able-bodied warriors, BESIDE THE INHABITANTS OF
G...
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THE REVERSES OF ISRAEL...
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OBJECT. This agrees not with the following numbers; for all that were
slain of Benjamin were 25,100 men, JUDGES 20:35, and there were only
600 that survived, JUDGES 20:47, which make only 25,700. ANSW...
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Judges 20:15 cities H5892 time H3117 children H1121 Benjamin H1144
numbered H6485 (H8691) twenty-six H6242 H8337 tho
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‘ And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the
cities, twenty six eleph men who drew sword, besides the inhabitants
of Gibeah who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.'
The chil...
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CONTENTS: Civil war in which the Benjamites are punished.
CHARACTERS: God, a Levite, Phinehas.
CONCLUSION: We cannot expect the presence of God with us in our
enterprises unless we seek it by humblin...
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Judges 20:11. _All the men of Israel were knit together._ Why had they
not assembled against Micah and his chapel of gods? Then this and
other evils might have been prevented. This was a just and nece...
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_The men of Israel turned again upon the children of BenJamin._
FROM JUSTICE TO WILD REVENGE
It may be asked how, while polygamy was practised among the
Israelites, the sin of Gibeah could rouse such...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:1 Gibeah was a Benjaminite city, and so an
assembly of all Israel came together at Mizpah to take action against
Benjamin (vv. Judges 20:1). The Benjaminites, who apparently w...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 20:15 26,000 MEN. The Benjaminite force, large
as it was, equaled only a small fraction of the Israelite coalition
(400,000 men; v. Judges 20:17
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THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
(Judges 20:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
1. _This cry was universal_ (Judges 20:1).
“From Dan to Beershebah, with Gilead.” There was not a dissentient
voice.
2. _They were in earnest_ (Ju...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 20:1
WENT OUT, _i.e._ from their several homes to the place of meeting. THE
CONGREGATION. The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and
Kings, except in 1 Kings 12:20) for t...
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Now it had what he hoped it would have. It had a shock effect upon the
tribes. They were horrified to get part of a torso, a leg, an arm, a
head and they gathered together and this man told them the e...
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Judges 20:25; Judges 20:35; Judges 20:46; Judges 20:47; Numbers 26:41
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Were numbered — "How does this agree with the following numbers? For
all that were slain of Benjamin were twenty — five thousand and one
hundred men, Judges 20:35, and there were only six hundred that...