Judges 20:9

9 Here is what we'll do to Gibeah. We'll use lots to tell us how to attack the city.

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 All of you men of Israel, speak up now. Give your decision."

8 All of the men got up together. They said, "None of us will go home. Not one of us will return to his house.

9 Here is what we'll do to Gibeah. We'll use lots to tell us how to attack the city.

10 We'll take ten men out of every 100 from all of the tribes of Israel. We'll take 100 from every 1,000. We'll take 1,000 from every 10,000. The men we take will get supplies for the army. Then the army will go to Gibeah in Benjamin. They'll give Gibeah exactly what they should get because of the evil thing they did in Israel."

11 So all of the men of Israel came together to fight against the city.