Judges 20:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶ Then all the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], the whole army, went up to Bethel [v. 18]. There they sat down and cried to the Lord and fasted all day until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and ·fellowship [or peace] offerings to the Lord. ²⁷ The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] asked the Lord a question. (In those days the Ark of the ·Agreement with God [Covenant; Treaty] was there. ²⁸ A priest named Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before ·the Ark of the Agreement [^Lit].) They asked, “Shall ·we [^LI] go to fight ·our relatives [^Lmy brother], the Benjaminites, again, or shall we stop fighting?”

The Lord answered, “Go, because tomorrow I will ·hand them over to you [give them into your hand].”