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Judges 20:15

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And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
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  1. Numbers 26:41Rank 1 from verse 15
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    41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

  2. Numbers 1:37Rank 2 from verse 15
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    37Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

  3. Judges 20:25Rank 3 from verse 15
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    25And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

  4. Judges 20:35Rank 4 from verse 15
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    35And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

  5. Judges 20:46–47Rank 5 from verse 15
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    46So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

    47But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

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Judges 20:15

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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numbered

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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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drew

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1. Came or approached, especially in “drew near,” “drew nigh,” or “drew on.” 2. Pulled, dragged, led, or caused to move toward, along, away, or out. 3. Took or brought something out or up, as water, a sword, staves, or a shoe. 4. Bent a bow by pulling its string.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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14But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

15And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

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16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

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