Judges 20:26
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Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
Read Judges 20:26 Using Other Translations
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Then all the Israelites went up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD and fasted until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD .
What does Judges 20:26 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel and all the people went
up,
and came unto the house of God
This looks as if the whole body of the army, with other people
from parts adjacent, went up to the tabernacle of God in Shiloh:
and wept and sat there before the Lord;
not only wept, but continued weeping, and that not merely for
their defeat, but for their sins, since it follows:
and fasted that day until even;
afflicted their bodies with fasting, which was a token of the
humiliation of their souls for their sins:
and offered burnt offering's and peace offerings before the
Lord,
to make atonement for their sins, and to implore success on their
arms.
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