Judges 20:9

9 And now this the thing which shall be done in Gabaa; we will go up against it by lot.

Judges 20:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:9

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah,
&c.] Where the fact was done; what follows was proposed by some, and unanimously agreed to by all:

we will go up by lot against it;
cast lots who shall go up to it and demand satisfaction for the offence committed; and if denied, to act in an hostile manner against it.

Judges 20:9 In-Context

7 Behold, all ye children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.

8 And all the people rose up as one man, saying, No one of us shall return to his tent, and no one of us shall return to his house.

9 And now this the thing which shall be done in Gabaa; we will go up against it by lot.

10 Moreover we will take ten men for a hundred for all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred for a thousand, and a thousand for ten thousand, to take provision, to cause them to come to Gabaa of Benjamin, to do to it according to all the abomination, which they wrought in Israel.

11 And all the men of Israel were gathered to the city as one man.