Judges 20:9

9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

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 you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

8 Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

10 We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”

11 So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.