Cross references

Judges 20:18

The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?”

“Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.

Judges 20:18 BSB

Judges 20:18 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 27:21 (5 votes) and Judges 20:23 (5 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 49 to Joel 1.

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Which verses does Judges 20:18 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

  2. They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”

  3. Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD. And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

  4. Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you. Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? …

  5. So Moses brought their case before the LORD,

  6. Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

  7. Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

  8. After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?” “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

  9. So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.

  10. The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,

  11. Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”

  12. Joel 1:143 votes

    Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Which verses point to Judges 20:18?

The 10 strongest of 21.