Judges 20:27

27 The children of Yisra'el asked of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

Judges 20:27 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:27

And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord
By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, and which has the same expression in ( Judges 20:18 Judges 20:23 ) for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days; in Shiloh, where the tabernacle was.

Judges 20:27 In-Context

25 Binyamin went forth against them out of Gevah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Yisra'el again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

26 Then all the children of Yisra'el, and all the people, went up, and came to Beit-El, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD.

27 The children of Yisra'el asked of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

28 and Pinechas, the son of El`azar, the son of Aharon, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Binyamin my brother, or shall I cease? the LORD said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.

29 Yisra'el set liers-in-wait against Gevah round about.