^{27 Ref} The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

^{28 Ref} and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? Yahweh said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.