“Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.”
All Israelites from Dan to Beersheba assemble before Yahweh at Mizpah—tribal solidarity masking deeper fracture. The geographic inclusivity encompasses Israel's full extent. Yet this assembly forms not against foreign enemies but against Gibeah, within Benjamin. The gathering invokes divine witness to fratricide disguised as justice. The phrase "as one man" emphasizes organic unity while foreshadowing its illusory nature.
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