Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Behold, all ye, children of Israel, deliberate and give here [your] counsel.
Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
lo, ye are all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.'
Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
The verses this one reaches12
And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
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The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Proverbs 24:6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
leads to
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Through
Joshua 9:14Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
leads to
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will…
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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Voices2
Behold, ye are all children of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The resolution they came to hereupon, which was that, being now together, they would not disperse till they had seen vengeance taken upon this wicked city, which was the reproach and scandal of their nation. Their zeal against the lewdness that was committed.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
