Judges 20:9

9 But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: 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, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here. ”

8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.

9 But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot,

10 and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin, for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel. ”

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