Judges 20:12-17

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12 Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire ¹tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil that has taken place among you? 13 So now, give up the men, the ¹^avile fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and ^bpurge this evil from Israel.” But the sons of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel. 14 Then the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel. 15 And from the cities on that day the ^asons of Benjamin were ¹numbered, 26,000 men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were ¹numbered, 700 choice men. 16 Out of all these people 700 ^achoice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
17 And the men of Israel besides Benjamin were ¹numbered, 400,000 men who draw the sword; all these were men of war.