Judges 20:7

7 Look, all you {Israelites}! {Make your decision} and advice here."

Judges 20:7 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:7

Behold, ye are all children of Israel
The descendants of one man that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony against sin and wickedness of every sort, and especially such crying abominations as these:

give your advice and counsel:
in this place, being assembled together on this occasion; consult what is best to be done, and let every man speak his mind freely what step he thinks should be taken for the glory of God, and honour of religion, and to bring such persons to justice who had committed so foul a fact.

Judges 20:7 In-Context

5 The lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, and they raped my concubine, and she died.

6 Then I grabbed my concubine and cut her into pieces, and I sent her throughout all the territory of Israel's inheritance; for they committed a shameful and disgraceful thing in Israel.

7 Look, all you {Israelites}! {Make your decision} and advice here."

8 All the people got up as one body, saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent, or will any of us return to his house.

9 So then, this is what we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against her by lot.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
• [b]. Literally "give your word"