The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
- KJV And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
- NKJV So the children of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
- NASB So the sons of Israel got up in the morning and camped against Gibeah.
- NLT So the Israelites left early the next morning and camped near Gibeah.
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Quick answer
Israel rose early and encamped against Gibeah, the town where the crime had occurred.
Overview
The army positioned itself at Gibeah of Benjamin, the very place whose wickedness (chapter 19) provoked the war. Their prompt action shows resolve to deal with the evil among them. Yet the somber chapters ahead reveal that even a justified cause, pursued in a spiritually compromised nation, brings staggering loss.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Josh 7:16So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
- Josh 3:1Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
- Josh 6:12Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests took the ark of the LORD.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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