Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
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Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
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Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
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Behold, ye are all here, children of Israel, give here your advice and council.'
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Passages linked to Judges 20:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 19:30 It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:10-12 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world. But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person. For what do I have to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within?
- Exodus 19:5-6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- Deuteronomy 14:1-2 You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Joshua 9:14 The men sampled their provisions, and didn’t ask counsel from Yahweh’s mouth.
- Proverbs 20:18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
- Proverbs 24:6 for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
- James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 20:7 Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel;…
Jdg 20:7 Behold, ye [are] all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
Ver. 7. Behold, ye are all children of Israel.] This injury reacheth not to me alone, but to the whole community.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Children of Israel; the sons of that holy man,…
Children of Israel; the sons of that holy man, who for one filthy action left all eternal brand upon one of his own sons; a people in covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who hath expressly commanded you to punish all such notorious enormities.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, ye are all children of Israel,.... The descendants…
Behold, ye are all children of Israel,.... The descendants of one man that feared the Lord; were of one nation, and of one religion, men professing godliness, and therefore ought to bear testimony against sin and wickedness of every sort, and especially such crying abominations as these:
give your advice and counsel: in this place, being assembled together on this occasion; consult what is best to be done, and let every man speak his mind freely what step he thinks should be taken for the glory of God, and honour of religion, and to bring such persons to justice who had committed so foul a fact.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Ye are - The sons of that holy man,…
Ye are - The sons of that holy man, who for one filthy action left an eternal brand upon one of his own sons: a people in covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who hath expressly commanded you to punish all such notorious enormities.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jdg 20:7-8. Ye are — The sons of that…
Jdg 20:7-8. Ye are — The sons of that holy man, who, for one filthy action, left an eternal brand upon one of his own sons: a people in covenant with the holy God, whose honour you are obliged to vindicate, and who hath expressly commanded you to punish all such notorious enormities. We will not any of us go to his tent — That is, his habitation, until we have revenged this injury.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. give … your … counsel] The same words…
7. give … your … counsel] The same words in 2Sa_16:20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Ye are all children of Israel.—There would not…
(7) Ye are all children of Israel.—There would not be much point in this remark. Rather, ye are all here, children of Israel.
Your advice and counsel.—Jdg_19:30. “In the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ye are all children of Israel. He appeals to…
Ye are all children of Israel. He appeals to them as men bound to wipe away the shame and disgrace of their common country. He speaks with force and dignity under the sense of a grievous wrong and a crushing sorrow.
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