King James Version
Judges 20:9 in the King James Version says “But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;” — study this verse from Judges chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;”
Judges 20:9 · KJV
Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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.
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. knit: Heb. fellows
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But now this shall be the thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“we will go up by lot”
H1486properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
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