27. And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,
28. And Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron was over the house. So they consulted the Lord and said: Shall we go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease? And the Lord said to them: Go up, for to morrow I will deliver them into your hands.
29. And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa:
30. And they drew up their army against Benjamin the third time, as they had done the first and second.
31. And the children of Benjamin boldly issued out of the city, and seeing their enemies flee, pursued them a long way, so as to wound and kill some of them, as they had done the first and second day, whilst they fled by two highways, whereof one goeth up to Bethel, and the other to Gabaa, and they slew about thirty men: