Judges 20:15,17 - Compare All Versions

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At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah.

Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.

And the people of Benjamin mustered out of their cities on that day 26,000 men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men.

And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered 400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.

In all, 26,000 of their warriors armed with swords arrived in Gibeah to join the 700 elite troops who lived there.

Israel had 400,000 experienced soldiers armed with swords, not counting Benjamin’s warriors.

On that day the Benjaminites mobilized twenty-six thousand armed men  from their cities, besides seven hundred fit young men rallied by the inhabitants of Gibeah.

The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized four hundred thousand armed men, every one an experienced warrior.

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.

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

And from their cities at that time the children of Benjamin numbered twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred select men.

Now besides Benjamin, the men of Israel numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

But they wouldn’t do it. The Benjaminites refused to listen to their brothers, the People of Israel. Instead they raised an army from all their cities and rallied at Gibeah to go to war against the People of Israel. In no time at all they had recruited from their cities twenty-six divisions of sword-wielding infantry. From Gibeah they got seven hundred hand-picked fighters, the best. There were another seven hundred supermarksmen who were ambidextrous—they could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

The men of Israel, excluding Benjamin, mobilized four hundred divisions of sword-wielding fighting men. * * *

From the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were counted, twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were counted, seven hundred choice men.

Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were counted, four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

And the Benjamites assembled out of their cities at that time twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who assembled seven hundred chosen men.

Then the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, assembled four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah.

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.