Shofetim 20:27

27 And the Bnei Yisroel inquired of Hashem, (for the Aron Brit HaElohim was there in those days,

Shofetim 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.

Shofetim 20:27 In-Context

25 And Binyamin went forth against them from Giv’ah the second day, and cut down to the ground of the Bnei Yisroel another eighteen thousand men; all these were armed with the cherev.

26 Then kol Bnei Yisroel, and kol haAm, went up, and came unto Beit-El, and wept, and sat there before Hashem, and did a tzom that day until erev, and offered olot and shelamim before Hashem.

27 And the Bnei Yisroel inquired of Hashem, (for the Aron Brit HaElohim was there in those days,

28 And Pinchas ben Eleazar ben Aharon stood ministering before it in those yamim,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the Bnei Binyamin achi, or shall I cease? And Hashem said, Go up; for makhar (tomorrow) I will deliver them into thine yad.

29 And Yisroel set an ambush in wait round about Giv’ah.