Judg 20:48 | NET2full | 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 ^{▼▼tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”} and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, ^{▼▼tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (meʿir metim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (meʿir metom, “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. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”}