Judges 20:26
Then all the children of Israel, and all the
people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before
the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before the LORD.
a. NLT: Then all the
Israelites went up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD and fasted
until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
b. NIV: Then all the
Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping
before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt
offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
c. YLT: And all the sons
of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit
there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to
ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
d. Amplified Bible
Classic: Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up and came to the house
of God [Bethel] and wept; and they sat there before the Lord and fasted that
day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the
Lord.
e. Septuagint: And the
children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Baethel; and they
wept, and sat there before the Lord; and they fasted on that day until evening,
and offered whole-burnt-offerings and perfect sacrifices, before the Lord,
f. Stone Edition
Torah/Prophets/Writings: All the Children of Israel and all the people went up
and came to Beth-el; they cried and remained there before HASHEM, and they
fasted on that day until evening; they brought up elevation-offerings and
peace-offerings before HASHEM.
1. “Then all the children
of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God…”
a. [Then] all [Strong:
3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;
hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural
sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one,
place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the)
whole, whoso(-ever).]
b. the children [Strong:
1121 * ben bane from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the
widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson,
subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+
afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one,
appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born,
bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child,
colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very
fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew,
old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, +
steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est),
whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]
c. of Israel [Strong:
3478 * Yisra'el yis-raw-ale' from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a
symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.]
d. [and] all [Strong:
3605 * kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;
hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural
sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one,
place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the)
whole, whoso(-ever).]
e. the people [Strong: `am
am from 6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those
of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a
flock:--folk, men, nation, people.]
f. went up [Strong: 5927
* `alah aw-law' a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or
actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary,
literal and figurative (as follow):--arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once,
break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew,
climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel,
fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay,
leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make
to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise
(up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take
away (up), work.]
g. and came [Strong: 935
* bow' bo a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of
applications):--abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth,
in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come
(against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ,
(cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, +
follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade,
lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well)
stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.]
h. the house of God [Beth-el]
[Strong: 1008 * Beyth-'El bayth-ale' from 1004 and 410; house of God; Beth-El,
a place in Palestine:--Beth-el.]
1). Though I can’t read
Hebrew, I can compare letters in a clumsy way. The Strong’s cite had the Hebrew
words for house and God and for Beth-el which literally
means house of God, in their list of words for this verse. Looking through
the verse I could not find the Hebrew words house or God, but I
did find the Hebrew word for Beth-el. All the translations I regularly cite say
Beth-el, the city, not the house of God. Probably if I went through a
bunch of commentators they would favor Beth-el the city. The problem is there
is not a Biblical record of the Tabernacle being moved from Shiloh to Beth-el
and then back to Shiloh. Just schools of thought differ.
2. “…and wept, and sat
there before the LORD…”
a. and wept [Strong: 1058
* bakah baw-kaw' a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan:--X at all,
bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.]
b. and sat there [Strong:
3427 * yashab yaw-shab' a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically
as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain;
causatively, to settle, to marry:--(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to,
make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt,
(make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring
again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still,
-ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.]
c. before [Strong: 6440 *
paniym paw-neem' plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh
{paw-neh'}; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great
variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional
prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time),
against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech,
countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part),
form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, +
impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of,
off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person,
+ please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth,
+ serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X
them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon,
upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.]
d. the LORD [Strong: 3068
* Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw' from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish
national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]
3. “…and fasted that day
until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.”
a. and fasted [Strong:
6684 * tsuwm tsoom a primitive root; to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to
fast:--X at all, fast.]
b. that day [Strong: 3117
* yowm yome from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours),
whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or
figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used
adverb):--age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-),
each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for)
ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, +
old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X
since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble,
weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full)
year(-ly), + younger.]
c. until [Strong: 5704 * `ad
ad properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction;
especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space
(even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with):--against,
and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how
long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+
as) yet.]
d. even [Strong: 6153 * `ereb
eh'-reb from 6150; dusk:--+ day, even(-ing, tide), night.]
e. and offered [Strong:
5927 * `alah aw-law' a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or
actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary,
literal and figurative (as follow):--arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once,
break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew,
climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel,
fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay,
leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make
to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up),
scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away
(up), work.]
f. burnt offerings
[Strong: 5930 * `olah o-law' or mowlah {o-law'}; feminine active participle of 5927;
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going
up in smoke):--ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to.]
g. [and] peace offerings
[Strong: 8002 * shelem sheh'-lem from 7999; properly, requital, i.e. a
(voluntary) sacrifice in thanks:--peace offering.]
h. before [Strong: 6440 *
paniym paw-neem' plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh
{paw-neh'}; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great
variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional
prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time),
against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech,
countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part),
form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, +
impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of,
off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person,
+ please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth,
+ serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X
them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon,
upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.]
i. the LORD [Strong: 3068
* Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw' from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish
national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]
