◄ Judges 20:29 ►
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Good News Translation
So the Israelites put some soldiers in hiding around Gibeah.

New Revised Standard Version
So Israel stationed men in ambush around Gibeah.

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites surrounded Gibeah, but stayed where they could not be seen.

New American Bible
So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:

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Judges 20:34 And to march from the west side of the city. And other ten thousand men chosen out of all Israel, attacked the inhabitants of the city. And the battle grew hot against the children of Benjamin: and they understood not that present death threatened them on every side.

Joshua 8:4 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.

2 Samuel 5:23 And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees.

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
…28And Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was over the house. So they consulted the Lord, and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin, our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands. 29And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:30And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.…
Cross References
Joshua 8:4
And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.

Judges 20:30
And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.

Judges 20:28
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