Judges 20:9

But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah,.... Where the fact was done; what follows was proposed by some, and unanimously agreed to by all:

we will go up by lot against it; cast…

By lot - To determine who should go up first Jdg 20:18. The shape of the ground probably made it impossible for the whole force to operate at once; and the question of spoil would have something to do…

Here is, I. A general meeting of all the congregation of Israel to examine the matter concerning the Levite's concubine, and to consider what was to be done upon it, Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:2. It does not…

we will go up against it by lot An accidental omission from the text makes it necessary to supply a verb; the LXX reads we will go up. Judging from Jdg 20:20 and Jdg 1:1, the object of casting lots…