Judges 20:30

30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.

Judges 20:30 in Other Translations

30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

30 And the people of Israel went up against the people of Benjamin on the third day and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

30 They went out on the third day and took their positions at the same place as before.

30 On the third day when Israel set out, they took up the same positions before the Benjaminites as before.

30 On the third day the Israelites fought against the Benjaminites and took their battle positions against Gibeah as before.

Judges 20:30 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:30

And the children of Israel went up against the children of
Benjamin on the third day
Not the day following the second battle, since it would take more time to go to Shiloh, and fast and offer sacrifices there, but on the third day from the second battle:

and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times;
as they had done on the first and second days of battle.

Judges 20:30 In-Context

28 with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministering before it.) They asked, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?” The LORD responded, “Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.”

29 Then Israel set an ambush around Gibeah.

30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before.

31 The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

32 While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,” the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”