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The entire community assembled in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/esv/judges/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/bsb/judges/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then 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. <a href="/kjv/judges/20.htm">King James Bible</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. <a href="/nkjv/judges/20.htm">New King James Version</a> So all the children of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, as well as from the land of Gilead, and the congregation gathered together as one man before the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/nasb_/judges/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one person to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/nasb/judges/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/nasb77/judges/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/lsb/judges/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to Yahweh at Mizpah. <a href="/amp/judges/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then all the sons of Israel from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south], including the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/csb/judges/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/hcsb/judges/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/asv/judges/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah. <a href="/erv/judges/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/gwt/judges/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> All the people of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from Gilead came to Mizpah. The congregation stood united in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/gnt/judges/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the east, answered the call. They gathered in one body in the LORD's presence at Mizpah. <a href="/isv/judges/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then the entire Israeli nation—from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the territory of Gilead—came out for war. The army assembled as one united force to God at Mizpah. <a href="/msb/judges/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then 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. <a href="/net/judges/20.htm">NET Bible</a> All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/nheb/judges/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/wbt/judges/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh. <a href="/web/judges/20.htm">World English Bible</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And all the sons of Israel go out, and the congregation is assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH, at Mizpeh. <a href="/ylt/judges/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh. <a href="/slt/judges/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And all the sons of Israel will go forth, and the assembly will be gathered together as one man, from Dan even to the Well of the Oath, and the land of Gilead to Jehovah to Mizpeh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then all the children of Israel went out and gathered together as one man from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha: <a href="/cpdv/judges/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so all the sons of Israel went out like one man, from Dan to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, and they gathered together, before the Lord, at Mizpah. <a href="/nabre/judges/20.htm">New American Bible</a> So all the Israelites came out as one, from Dan to Beer-sheba including the land of Gilead, and the assembly gathered to the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the LORD at Mizpah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one man from Dan to Beer-sheba, to the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh. <a href="/hpbt/judges/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all the sons of Israel went out and they assembled all of the assembly as one man, from Dan and unto Beersheba unto the land of Galad, before LORD JEHOVAH in Mazpaya<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD at Mizpah. <a href="/sep/judges/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Bersabee, and in the land of Galaad, to the Lord at Massepha. <a href="/parallel/judges/20-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5925" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/20.htm">The Decree of the Assembly</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Then all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1835.htm" title="1835: lə·mid·dān (Prep-l, Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- Judge, a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their territory, also a place in N. Isr. ">from Dan</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: bə·’êr (Prep) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/884.htm" title="884: še·ḇa‘ (N-proper-fs) -- Well of seven, a place in the Negev. From 'er and sheba'; well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine.">Beersheba</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: wə·’e·reṣ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and from the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: hag·gil·‘āḏ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites.">of Gilead</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">came out,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">and the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/6950.htm" title="6950: wat·tiq·qā·hêl (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To gather as an assembly or congregation. A primitive root; to convoke.">assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">as one</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: kə·’îš (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/4709.htm" title="4709: ham·miṣ·pāh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The name of several places in Isr. Feminine of Mitspeh; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine.">at Mizpah.</a> 2The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Judges 21:5</a> The 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. <a href="/judges/19-29.htm">Judges 19:29-30</a> When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel. / 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!” <a href="/1_samuel/11-7.htm">1 Samuel 11:7</a> He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man. <a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-6</a> Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. <a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">1 Samuel 10:17</a> After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah <a href="/2_samuel/19-14.htm">2 Samuel 19:14</a> So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.” <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Joshua 22:12</a> And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them. <a href="/deuteronomy/13-12.htm">Deuteronomy 13:12-18</a> If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said / that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known), / then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you, ... <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1</a> At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1</a> Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1</a> At 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. <a href="/ezra/3-1.htm">Ezra 3:1</a> By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem. <a href="/hosea/10-9.htm">Hosea 10:9</a> Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity? <a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a> For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” <a href="/acts/15-6.htm">Acts 15:6</a> So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.Then all<a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Judges 20:2,8,11</a> And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword… <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Judges 21:5</a> And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.<a href="/deuteronomy/13-12.htm">Deuteronomy 13:12</a> If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,as one man<a href="/1_samuel/11-7.htm">1 Samuel 11:7,8</a> And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent… <a href="/2_samuel/19-14.htm">2 Samuel 19:14</a> And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.<a href="/ezra/3-1.htm">Ezra 3:1</a> And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.from Dan<a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Judges 18:29</a> And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.<a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a> And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.<a href="/2_samuel/3-10.htm">2 Samuel 3:10</a> To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.with the<a href="/numbers/32-1.htm">Numbers 32:1,40</a> Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; … <a href="/joshua/17-1.htm">Joshua 17:1</a> There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.<a href="/2_samuel/2-9.htm">2 Samuel 2:9</a> And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.unto the<a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18,26</a> And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first… <a href="/judges/11-11.htm">Judges 11:11</a> Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.in Mizpeh<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/18-23.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/judges/18-23.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/joshua/19-2.htm">Beersheba</a> <a href="/joshua/19-2.htm">Beer-Sheba</a> <a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Children</a> <a href="/joshua/22-30.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/judges/18-30.htm">Dan</a> <a href="/joshua/24-18.htm">Including</a> <a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/19-30.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/judges/12-7.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/judges/19-29.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ruth/4-16.htm">Arms</a> <a href="/judges/20-14.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">Beersheba</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">Beer-Sheba</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">Dan</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Including</a> <a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/judges/20-5.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 20</div>1. <a href="/judges/20-1.htm">The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong</a> 8. <a href="/judges/20-8.htm">The decree of the assembly</a> 12. <a href="/judges/20-12.htm">The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites</a> 18. <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand</a> 26. <a href="/judges/20-26.htm">They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out This phrase indicates a united response from the entire nation of Israel, spanning from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, and including the land of Gilead east of the Jordan River. This geographical range emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the assembly, suggesting a significant national crisis. Dan and Beersheba are often used in Scripture to denote the full extent of the Israelite territory (<a href="/1_samuel/3-20.htm">1 Samuel 3:20</a>). The inclusion of Gilead highlights the involvement of the Transjordan tribes, showing solidarity among all the tribes of Israel. This unity is significant in the context of the tribal confederation of Israel, which often struggled with internal divisions.and the congregation assembled as one man The phrase "as one man" underscores the unity and collective resolve of the Israelites. This expression is used to convey a sense of unanimity and shared purpose among the people. In the context of the Book of Judges, where tribal conflicts and disunity are common, this moment of unity is particularly noteworthy. It reflects a rare occasion where the tribes come together with a singular focus, which in this case is to address the grievous crime committed in Gibeah. This unity can be seen as a foreshadowing of the ideal unity that is later realized under the monarchy, particularly during the reigns of David and Solomon.before the LORD at Mizpah Mizpah was a significant gathering place for the Israelites, often associated with solemn assemblies and important decisions (<a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-6</a>). The phrase "before the LORD" indicates that this assembly was not merely a political or military gathering but had a religious dimension, acknowledging God's presence and seeking His guidance. Mizpah's location in the territory of Benjamin is significant, as it is near the scene of the crime that prompted this assembly. The gathering "before the LORD" suggests an appeal to divine justice and a desire for God's will to be discerned and followed. This reflects the theocratic nature of Israelite society, where God was recognized as the ultimate authority.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The collective tribes of Israel, who are responding to a grievous crime committed in the tribe of Benjamin. 2. <a href="/topical/d/dan_to_beersheba.htm">Dan to Beersheba</a> This phrase signifies the entire land of Israel, from the northernmost city (Dan) to the southernmost city (Beersheba), indicating a united response from all tribes. 3. <a href="/topical/g/gilead.htm">Gilead</a> A region east of the Jordan River, included to emphasize the comprehensive gathering of the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/m/mizpah.htm">Mizpah</a> A significant gathering place for the Israelites, often used for assemblies and important decisions. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assembled_before_the_lord.htm">Assembled before the LORD</a> This phrase indicates that the gathering was not just a political assembly but also a spiritual one, seeking divine guidance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_righteousness.htm">Unity in Righteousness</a> The Israelites' unity from Dan to Beersheba demonstrates the importance of collective action in addressing sin and injustice within the community. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_assembly.htm">Spiritual Assembly</a> Assembling "before the LORD" signifies the need for spiritual discernment and seeking God's guidance in decision-making processes. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_justice.htm">Accountability and Justice</a> The gathering at Mizpah underscores the necessity of holding each other accountable and pursuing justice according to God's standards. <a href="/topical/g/geographical_and_spiritual_inclusivity.htm">Geographical and Spiritual Inclusivity</a> The inclusion of Gilead and the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" remind us that God's call to righteousness and justice is comprehensive, involving all His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 20</a> <a href="/q/where_is_beersheba_in_the_bible.htm">Where is Beersheba mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_god_allow_israel's_defeats_first.htm">Judges 20:18–23 – Why would God direct Israel to attack Benjamin, allow defeat twice, and then finally grant them victory on the third attempt?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'by_my_spirit'_mean.htm">Where is Beersheba mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/judges_20__is_there_archeological_proof.htm">Judges 20 (entire chapter) - Is there any archeological evidence supporting so great a civil war among the tribes of Israel, or are the events purely literary?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) The congregation was gathered together.--This phrase is one which was familiar to the Israelites in the desert. It disappears after the days of Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm" title="And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.">1Kings 12:20</a>).From Dan even to Beer-sheba.--This expression would be like "from John o' Groat's house to Land's End "for England and Scotland (<a href="/1_samuel/3-18.htm" title="And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems him good.">1Samuel 3:18</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/17-11.htm" title="When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.">1Samuel 17:11</a>, &c.). Unless it be added by an anachronism, because it had become familiar when the Book of Judges was written, we should certainly infer from it that, early as were these events, they were subsequent to the migratory raid of the tribe of Dan to Laish.With the land of Gilead.--The Trans-Jordanic tribes obeyed the summons, with the exception of the town of Jabesh-Gilead.Unto the Lord.--See Note on <a href="/judges/11-11.htm" title="Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.">Judges 11:11</a>. There is not, however, the same difficulty in supposing that the ark and Urim was taken to this Mizpeh, for we see in <a href="/judges/20-27.htm" title="And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,">Judges 20:27</a> that it was taken to Bethel. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Went out, i.e. from their several homes to the place of meeting. The congregation. The technical term (not, however, found in Samuel and Kings, except in <a href="/1_kings/12-20.htm">1 Kings 12:20</a>) for the whole Israelitish people (<a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Exodus 16:1, 2, 9</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-15.htm">Leviticus 4:15</a>; <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a>, etc.). From Dan to Beersheba. Dan, or Laish (<a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Judges 18:29</a>), being the northernmost point, and Beersheba (now Bir-es-saba, the springs so called) in the south of Judah the southernmost. It cannot be inferred with certainty from this expression that the Danite occupation of Laish had taken place at this time, though it may have done so, because we do not know when this narrative was written, and the phrase is only used as a proverbial expression familiar in the writer's time. The land of Gilead. In its widest sense, meaning the whole of trans-Jordanic Israel (see <a href="/judges/10-8.htm">Judges 10:8</a>; <a href="/judges/11-1.htm">Judges 11:1</a>, etc.). Mizpeh, or, as it is always written in Hebrew, ham-Mizpeh, with the article (see <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1</a>). The Mizpeh here mentioned is not the same as the Mizpeh of <a href="/judges/10-17.htm">Judges 10:17</a>; <a href="/judges/11-11.htm">Judges 11:11, 29, 34</a>, which was in Gilead, but was situated in the tribe of Benjamin (<a href="/joshua/18-26.htm">Joshua 18:26</a>). That it was a national place of meeting in the time of Samuel is clear from <a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5-12</a>, and we learn from ver. 16 of that same chapter that it was one of the places to which Samuel went on circuit. We find it a place of national meeting also in <a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">1 Samuel 10:17</a>, and even so late as <a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">2 Kings 25:23</a>, and in the time of the Maccabees (1 Macc. 3:46). Its vicinity to Shiloh, where the tabernacle was, was probably one reason why it was made a centre to the whole congregation (see especially <a href="/1_samuel/10-17.htm">1 Samuel 10:17, 22, 25</a>). Its exact site is not known with certainty, but it is thought to be that of Nebi Samuil, from which Jerusalem is seen at about two hours' distance to the south-east. Unto the Lord, i.e. in the presence of the tabernacle, which was doubtless brought there, on so solemn an occasion, from Shiloh (cf. <a href="/exodus/34-34.htm">Exodus 34:34</a>; <a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a>; <a href="/judges/11-11.htm">Judges 11:11</a>; <a href="/judges/21-2.htm">Judges 21:2</a>, and ver. 26 of this chapter). <a href="/commentaries/judges/20-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son from Dan לְמִדָּן֙ (lə·mid·dān) Preposition-l, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1835.htm">Strong's 1835: </a> Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while Beersheba שֶׁ֔בַע (še·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_884.htm">Strong's 884: </a> Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev and from the land וְאֶ֖רֶץ (wə·’e·reṣ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Gilead הַגִּלְעָ֑ד (hag·gil·‘āḏ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1568.htm">Strong's 1568: </a> Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites came out, וַיֵּצְאוּ֮ (way·yê·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim and the congregation הָעֵדָ֜ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage assembled וַתִּקָּהֵ֨ל (wat·tiq·qā·hêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6950.htm">Strong's 6950: </a> To gather as an assembly or congregation as one אֶחָ֗ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first man כְּאִ֣ישׁ (kə·’îš) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person before אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel at Mizpah. הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ (ham·miṣ·pāh) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4709.htm">Strong's 4709: </a> Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/20-1.htm">OT History: Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went (Jd Judg. 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