Study it in the app“Then all the sons of Israel went out, and the community assembled as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH at Mizpah.”
Then allוַ כָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent out,יֵּצְאוּand the communityוַ הָעֵדָהassembledתִּקָּהֵלas one man,כְּאִישׁ אֶחָדfrom DanלְמִדָּןtoוְעַדBeersheba,בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעand the landוְאֶרֶץof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהat Mizpah.הַמִּצְפָּה
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearsassemble
Assemble people, call them together; gather.
Where else “tikahel” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appearsDan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appears1Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
2Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
3Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
4Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
1 · This verse (above)
2And the leading men of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of Elohim, four hundred thousand foot soldiers who drew the sword.
