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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

AbaGwebi 20:9

9 ke ngoko, nantsi into esiya kwenza yona kwiGibheha; siya kwenza kuyo ngokweqashiso,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Samson;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gibeah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeah;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lots;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by lot against it: Joshua 14:2, 1 Samuel 14:41, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:5, Nehemiah 11:1, Proverbs 16:33, Jonah 1:7, Acts 1:26

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah,.... Where the fact was done; what follows was proposed by some, and unanimously agreed to by all:

we will go up by lot against it; cast lots who shall go up to it and demand satisfaction for the offence committed; and if denied, to act in an hostile manner against it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By lot - To determine who should go up first Judges 20:18. The shape of the ground probably made it impossible for the whole force to operate at once; and the question of spoil would have something to do with the arrangement. (Compare 1 Samuel 30:22-25.)


 
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