9. Here is what we'll do to Gibeah. We'll use lots to tell us how to attack the city.
10. We'll take ten men out of every 100 from all of the tribes of Israel. We'll take 100 from every 1,000. We'll take 1,000 from every 10,000. The men we take will get supplies for the army. Then the army will go to Gibeah in Benjamin. They'll give Gibeah exactly what they should get because of the evil thing they did in Israel."
11. So all of the men of Israel came together to fight against the city.
12. The tribes of Israel sent men through the whole tribe of Benjamin. They said, "What about this awful crime that was committed among you?
13. Hand over those evil men of Gibeah. We'll put them to death. In that way we'll get rid of those evil people." But the people of Benjamin wouldn't listen to the other people of Israel.
14. They came together at Gibeah from their towns. They came to fight against the other people of Israel.
15. Right away the people of Benjamin gathered together 26,000 men from their towns. They were carrying swords. The men were added to the 700 who had been chosen from those who were living in Gibeah.
16. Among all of those men there were 700 who were left-handed. Each of them could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.