Discovery BoxJudges 20:26-28 
Context20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 1 went up to 2 Bethel. 3 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 4 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 5 to the Lord. 20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days; 20:28 Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord 6 in those days), “Should we 7 once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, 8 or should we 9 quit?” The Lord said, “Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them 10 over to you.”
1 tn Heb “and all the people.”
2 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
3 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
4 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
5 tn Or “peace offerings.”
6 tn Heb “standing before him.”
7 tn Heb “I” (collective singular).
8 tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).
9 tn Heb “I” (collective singular).
10 tn Heb “him” (collective singular).
