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Saíram todos os filhos de Israel, e reuniu-se perante Jeová em Mispa a congregação como se fora um só homem, desde Dã até Berseba, como também a terra de Gileade. 
Os homens principais de todo o povo, a saber, de todas as tribos de Israel, apresentaram-se na assembléia do povo de Deus, em número de quatrocentos mil que tiravam a espada. 
(Ouviram os filhos de Benjamim que os filhos de Israel haviam subido a Mispa) Disseram os filhos de Israel: Dizei-nos, de que modo se cometeu esta maldade? 
Respondeu o levita, marido da mulher que fora morta: Em Gibeá que pertence a Benjamim entrei eu com minha concubina para ali passar a noite. 
Os cidadãos de Gibeá levantaram-se contra mim, e cercaram de noite a casa, em que eu estava; a mim me tencionaram matar e a minha concubina a violaram, de maneira que morreu. 
Então peguei na minha concubina, dividi-a em pedaços, e enviei-os por todo o país da herança de Israel, porque cometeram tal abominação e loucura em Israel. 
Eis aqui estais todos vós, israelitas; dai a vossa palavra e conselho neste caso. 
Todo o povo se levantou como um só homem, dizendo: Nenhum de nós irá para a sua tenda, e nenhum de nós voltará para a sua casa. 
Porém isto é o que faremos a Gibeá; subiremos contra ela por sorte; 
Tomaremos de todas as tribos de Israel dez homens de cada cem, e cem de cada mil, e mil de cada dez mil para procurarem víveres para o povo, a fim de que, vindo a Gibeá de Benjamim, lhe dêem o pago de toda a loucura que fez em Israel. 
Assim se ajuntaram contra a cidade todos os homens de Israel, coligados como um só homem. 
As tribos de Israel mandaram homens por toda a tribo de Benjamim, para que lhe dissessem: Que maldade é essa que se fez entre vós? 
Entregai-nos agora os homens, filhos de Belial, que estão em Gibeá, para que os façamos morrer, e para que tiremos de Israel este mal. Porém Benjamim não quis ouvir a voz de seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel. 
Das cidades ajuntaram-se em Gibeá os filhos de Benjamim para saírem a pelejar contra os filhos de Israel. 
Contaram-se naquele dia os filhos de Benjamim, das cidades, vinte e seis mil homens que tiravam a espada, afora os habitantes de Gibeá, de que se contaram setecentos homens escolhidos. 
Entre todo este povo havia setecentos homens escolhidos que usavam da mão esquerda em vez da direita, cada um podia dar tiros de funda num cabelo sem errar. 
Foram contados dos homens de Israel, excluindo a Benjamim, quatrocentos mil que tiravam a espada, todos eles homens de guerra. 
Tendo-se levantado os filhos de Israel, subiram a Betel, e consultaram a Deus, perguntando: Quem de nós subirá primeiro para pelejar contra os filhos de Benjamim? Respondeu Jeová: Judá subirá primeiro. 
Levantaram-se de manhã os filhos de Israel e acamparam-se contra Gibeá. 
Saíram os homens de Israel para pelejar contra Benjamim, e ordenaram batalha contra eles junto a Gibeá. 
Então os filhos de Benjamim saíram de Gibeá, e derrubaram por terra naquele dia vinte e dois mil homens dos israelitas. 
Esforçou-se o povo, os homens de Israel, e tornaram a ordenar batalha no lugar em que a tinham ordenado no primeiro dia. 
Subiram os filhos de Israel e choraram diante de Jeová até a tarde, e perguntaram-lhe: Tornarei a pelejar contra os filhos de meu irmão Benjamim? Respondeu Jeová: Subi contra eles. 
Marcharam os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim no segundo dia. 
Também Benjamim nesse mesmo dia lhes saiu de Gibeá ao encontro, e derrubou por terra dos filhos de Israel mais dezoito mil homens; todos estes tiravam a espada. 
Todos os filhos de Israel, e todo o povo, subiram a Betel, choraram, ali se assentaram diante de Jeová e jejuaram aquele dia até a tarde. Diante de Jeová ofereceram holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas. 
Os filhos de Israel perguntaram a Jeová (porque a arca da aliança de Deus estava ali naqueles dias, 
e Finéias, filho de Eleazar, filho de Arão, lhe assistia): Tornarei ainda a sair à peleja contra os filhos de meu irmão Benjamim, ou desistirei? Respondeu Jeová: Subi, porque amanhã tos entregarei nas mãos. 
Israel pôs emboscadas ao redor de Gibeá. 
Ao terceiro dia subiram os filhos de Israel contra os filhos de Benjamim, e como das outras vezes ordenaram batalha contra Gibeá. 
Saíram os filhos de Benjamim ao encontro do povo, e foram atraídos da cidade; como das outras vezes começaram a ferir e mataram do povo uns trinta homens de Israel no campo, pelas estradas, uma das quais sobe para Betel, e a outra para Gibeá. 
Disseram os filhos de Benjamim: Estão derrotados diante de nós como dantes. Porém os filhos de Israel disseram: Fujamos, e atraiamo-los da cidade para as estradas. 
Todos os homens de Israel se levantaram do seu lugar, e ordenaram batalha em Baal-Tamar. A emboscada de Israel surgiu de repente do seu lugar ao ocidente de Gibeá. 
Vieram contra Gibeá dez mil homens escolhidos de todo o Israel e travou-se renhido combate; mas os de Gibeá não sabiam que a derrota vinha sobre eles. 
Jeová feriu a Benjamim diante de Israel, que lhe destruiu naquele dia vinte e cinco mil e cem homens: todos estes tiravam a espada. 
Assim os filhos de Benjamim viram que estavam derrotados: pois os homens de Israel cederam lugar a Benjamim, porque confiaram na emboscada que haviam posto contra Gibeá. 
A emboscada apressou-se, correu impetuosamente para Gibeá e, apresentando-se ali, feriu a cidade toda ao fio da espada. 
Os homens de Israel tinham combinado com a emboscada que fizesse subir uma nuvem de fumo como sinal do tempo, 
em que deviam voltar ao combate. Benjamim começou a ferir e a matar dos homens de Israel quase trinta pessoas, pois disseram: Sem dúvida estão derrotados diante de nós, como na peleja anterior. 
Mas, quando a nuvem começou a subir da cidade numa coluna de fumo, os benjamitas olharam para trás, e eis que a cidade toda subia em fumo ao céu. 
Os homens de Israel deram volta, e os homens de Benjamim pasmaram, pois viram que a derrota lhes tinha sobrevindo. 
Portanto, viraram as costas diante dos filhos de Israel em busca do caminho do deserto; porém a peleja os apertou; os das cidades os destruíram ao passar por eles. 
Cercaram aos benjamitas, perseguiram-nos e pisaram-nos desde Menuá até a altura de Gibeá para o nascente do sol. 
Caíram de Benjamim dezoito mil homens, todos eles homens de valor. 
Então viraram as costas e fugiram para o deserto até a penha de Rimom. Rabiscaram deles nas veredas ainda cinco mil homens; seguiram-nos de perto até Gidom, e mataram deles uns dois mil homens. 
Assim que todos os que de Benjamim caíram naquele dia foram vinte e cinco mil homens que tiravam a espada, todos eles homens de valor. 
Mas seiscentos homens viraram as costas e, fugindo para o deserto até a penha de Rimom, ficaram ali quatro meses. 
Os filhos de Israel voltaram para os filhos de Benjamim, e feriram ao fio da espada a cidade com os homens e animais e tudo o que se achava ali; além disso puseram fogo a todas as cidades que acharam. 

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah. 
And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords. 
(Now the children of Benjamin had word that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Make clear how this evil thing took place. 
Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night. 
And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead. 
So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel. 
Here you all are, you children of Israel; give now your suggestions about what is to be done. 
Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house: 
But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord; 
And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel. 
So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man. 
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you? 
Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel. 
And the children of Benjamin came together from all their towns to Gibeah, to go to war with the children of Israel. 
And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men, 
Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error. 
And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war. 
And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first. 
So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah. 
And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah). 
Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day. 
But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day. 
Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him. 
So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day. 
And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen. 
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 
And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days, 
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands. 
So Israel put men secretly all round Gibeah to make a surprise attack on it. 
And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before. 
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country. 
And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways. 
So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba. 
And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them. 
Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen. 
So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah. 
And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy. 
Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town, 
The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight. 
Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven. 
And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them. 
So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword. 
And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah. 
Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war. 
And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more. 
So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war. 
But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months. 
And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands. 

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