Judges 20:9 meaning and explanation

Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

Judges 20:9, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the assembled people of Israel, gathered at Mizpah after the Levite reported the atrocity at Gibeah, where his concubine was abused and died. In verse 9 the crowd agrees on a plan of attack: they will march on Gibeah, and the lot will decide which tribes or units go first.

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