20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 3 went up to 4 Bethel. 5 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 6 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 7 to the Lord.
1 tn Heb “eat.”
2 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
3 tn Heb “and all the people.”
4 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
5 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
6 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
7 tn Or “peace offerings.”