⁵ Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah,^(A) and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”^(B)

⁶ When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.^(A) They fasted that day,^(B) and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.”^(C) And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.