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Judges 20:8

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Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house.

KJV

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

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This verse in Judges 20

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

all the people stood as one man

on Judges 20:8-11

The assembly binds itself before it asks God anything, vowing “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house”. Verse 9 assigns the assault by lot, as Numbers 26:55 and Joshua 15:1 divided the land, and verse 10 sets aside ten men in a hundred for provisions, the only supply arrangement in Judges. A second oath sworn at Mizpah stands at 21:1.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And all the people arose as one man,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

all the people arose as one man--The extraordinary unanimity that prevailed shows, that notwithstanding great disorders had broken out in many parts, the people were sound at the core; and remembering their national covenant with God, they now felt the necessity of wiping out so foul a stain on their character as a people.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

We will not any of us go to his tent - We will have satisfaction for this wickedness before we return home.
They bound themselves not to break up and disperse until they had punished the wickedness of Gibeah.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּ֙קָם֙and it arose

    vaiyakomH6965 →628 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הָעָ֔םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • כְּאִ֥ישׁlike a man

    keishH376 →1663 times

  • אֶחָ֖דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • לֹ֤אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נֵלֵךְ֙we will go

    nelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • אִ֣ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לְאָהֳל֔וֹto tent his

    leoholoH168 →345 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נָס֖וּרwe will depart

    nasurH5493 →299 times

  • אִ֥ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃to house his

    leveitoH1004 →2046 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.5 worksJudges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.3 worksProverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.3 worksJudges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”3 worksJudges 21:5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.2 worksJudges 20:11So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 3:23

      Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

    • Ephesians 5:16

      redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    • Romans 12:11

      Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

    • Psalms 6:5

      For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

    • Ecclesiastes 11:6

      Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

  • Through

    Proverbs 21:3

    To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 15:22

      But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of…

    • Hosea 6:6

      For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

    • Micah 6:6–8

      With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

About Judges

Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Jael, Deborah and Barak, Salomon de Bray, 1635. Public domain.
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 20 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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