Judges 20:27

27 et super statu suo interrogaverunt eo tempore ibi erat arca foederis Dei

Judges 20:27 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 20:27

And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord
By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, and which has the same expression in ( Judges 20:18 Judges 20:23 ) for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days; in Shiloh, where the tabernacle was.

Judges 20:27 In-Context

25 eruperunt filii Beniamin de portis Gabaa et occurrentes eis tanta in illos caede baccati sunt ut decem et octo milia virorum educentium gladium prosternerent

26 quam ob rem omnes filii Israhel venerunt in domum Dei et sedentes flebant coram Domino ieiunaveruntque illo die usque ad vesperam et obtulerunt ei holocausta et pacificas victimas

27 et super statu suo interrogaverunt eo tempore ibi erat arca foederis Dei

28 et Finees filius Eleazari filii Aaron praepositus domus consuluerunt igitur Dominum atque dixerunt exire ultra debemus ad pugnam contra filios Beniamin fratres nostros an quiescere quibus ait Dominus ascendite cras enim tradam eos in manus vestras

29 posueruntque filii Israhel insidias per circuitum urbis Gabaa