Judg 20:48 | NETfull | STEP | The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.

Judges 20:48

48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns ^{▼▼Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”} and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, ^{▼▼ The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir m^etim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir m^etom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).} the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. ^{▼▼Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”}