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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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  1. 20.23 Verses 22 and 23 are transposed

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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15 I will return again to my place
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face.
    In their distress they will beg my favor:(A)

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34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.(A)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
    the Most High God their redeemer.(B)
36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
    they lied to him with their tongues.(C)

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Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.(A)

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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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