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Judges 20 Translation Questions
Q? Who assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah?
A. All the people from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah. [20:1]
Q? What did the Levite say the relatives of Gibeah did to him?
A. The Levite said the relatives of Gibeah attacked him, surrounding the house and intending to kill him. [20:5]
Q? How would the people attack Gibeah?
A. They would attack Gibeah as the lot directed them. [20:9]
Q? Why did the tribes of Israel tell Benjamin to give them those wicked men of Gibeah?
A. The tribes of Israel told Benjamin to give them those wicked men of Gibeah, so the tribes might put them to death, and so they would completely remove this evil from Israel. [20:13]
Q? Why did the people of Benjamin come together out of the cities to Gibeah?
A. The people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to get ready to fight against the people of Israel. [20:14]
Q? What was special about the seven hundred chosen men?
A. The seven hundred chosen men were left-handed; each of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. [20:16]
Q? Why did Judah attack Benjamin first?
A. The people asked for advice from God, and Yahweh said, "Judah will attack first." [20:18]
Q? After Benjamin killed many soldiers of Israel, what did the soldiers of Israel do?
A. After Benjamin killed many soldiers of Israel, the soldiers of Israel wept and fasted before Yahweh until evening. They also offered burnt offerings and peace offering before Yahweh. [20:26]
Q? How did the people of Israel ask Yahweh?
A. The people of Israel asked Yahweh by using the ark of the covenant of God, which was there in those days. [20:27]
Q? When the soldiers of Israel drew away from the city to the roads, what did the people of Benjamin think?
A. When the soldiers of Israel drew away from the city to the roads, the people of Benjamin thought they were running away. [20:32]
Q? Why had the men of Israel given ground to Benjamin?
A. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin because they were counting on the men they had placed in hidden positions outside Gibeah. [20:36]
Q? What was the signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret?
A. The arranged signal between the soldiers of Israel and the men hiding in secret was that a great cloud of smoke would rise up out of the city. [20:38]
Q? Why could the men of Benjamin not escape?
A. The men of Benjamin ran away from the soldiers of Israel escaping on the way to the wilderness, but the fighting overtook them. [20:42]
Q? How many soldiers of Benjamin turned and fled to the wilderness?
A. Six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness. [20:47]