Judges 20:18
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18 The Israelites proceeded to go up to Bethel, where they inquired of God, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the Benjaminites?” And the Lord answered, “Judah shall go up first.”(A)
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Judges 20:26-27
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26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went back to Bethel and wept, sitting there before the Lord; they fasted that day until evening. Then they offered burnt offerings and sacrifices of well-being before the Lord.(A) 27 And the Israelites inquired of the Lord (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,(B)
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Judges 20:23
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23 [a]The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until the evening, and they inquired of the Lord, “Shall we again draw near to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites?” And the Lord said, “Go up against them.”(A)
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Numbers 27:21
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21 But he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the decision of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, the whole congregation.”(A)
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Joel 1:14
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14 Consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.(A)
Judges 20:7
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7 So now, you Israelites, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.”(A)
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Judges 19:18
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18 He answered him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to my home.[a] Nobody has offered to take me in.(A)
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- 19.18 Gk: Heb to the house of the Lord
Judges 18:31
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31 So they maintained as their own Micah’s idol that he had made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.(A)
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Judges 1:1-2
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Israel’s Failure to Complete the Conquest of Canaan
1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”(A) 2 The Lord said, “Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.”
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Joshua 18:1
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The Territories of the Remaining Tribes
18 Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.(A)
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Joshua 9:14
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14 So the leaders[a] partook of their provisions and did not ask direction from the Lord.(A)
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- 9.14 Gk: Heb men
Numbers 27:5
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5 Moses brought their case before the Lord.(A)
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Genesis 49:8-10
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8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.(A)
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He crouches down, he stretches out like a lion,
like a lioness—who dares rouse him up?(B)
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him,[a]
and the obedience of the peoples is his.(C)
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- 49.10 Or until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh or (with Syr) until he comes to whom it belongs
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