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Judges Chapter 20 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you?
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BBE Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?
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DARBY Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What wickedness is this that has taken place among you?
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KJV Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
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WBT Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
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WEB Judges 20:12

The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
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YLT Judges 20:12

And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What `is' this evil which hath been among you?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Tribe of Benjamin. The Hebrew has tribes, meaning probably families, as the word is used Numbers 4:18. Vice versa, family is used for tribe, Judges 17:7; Judges 18:11. What wickedness, etc. The message was perhaps toe sharp and peremptory to be successful. It roused the pride and tribal independence of the Benjamites to resist. We must suppose the message to have preceded in point of time the hostile gathering recorded in ver. 11. It was probably sent before the council broke up (see above, Judges 7:25; Judges 8:4, and note).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Through all the tribe of Benjamin.--It was equitable to send this embassy, although the Benjamites had not come to the sacred gathering at Mizpeh. The word for "tribe" is in the plural, so that it is, "the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin." Clearly, in the latter instance shebet means a family. (See Note on Judges 18:19, and Numbers 4:18 : "the tribe of the families of Kohath.) There were ten families in the tribe of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21).