Judges 20:27
New Revised Standard Version
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

New American Bible
The Israelites consulted the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of the LORD was there in those days,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,

enquired

Judges 20:18,23 And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader. . . .

Numbers 27:21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go out and go in at his word.

the ark

Joshua 18:1 And all the children of Israel assembled together in Silo, and there they set up the tabernacle of the testimony, and the land was subdued before them.

1 Samuel 4:3,4 And the people returned to the camp: and the ancients of Israel said: Why hath the Lord defeated us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch unto us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Silo, and let it come in the midst of us, that it may save us from the hand of our enemies. . . .

Psalm 78:60,61 And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men. . . .

Jeremiah 7:12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

Isaiah 59:1 Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear.

Context
Civil War Against Benjamin
26Wherefore all the children of Israel came to the house of God, and sat and wept before the Lord: and they fasted that day till the evening, and offered to him holocausts, and victims of peace offerings, 27And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there,28And 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.…
Cross References
Judges 20:18
And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.

Judges 20:28
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.

Judges 20:26
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