Judges 20:10 meaning and explanation
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Judges 20:10, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the assembled people of Israel, gathered at Mizpah after the Levite told how his concubine was abused and died at Gibeah. Having resolved to act as one man, they organize a proportional levy: one in ten stays behind to supply provisions while the rest go to battle.
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