20:48a And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites

The Israel soldiers returned to ⌊the area belonging to⌋ Benjamin.
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Israel’s soldiers turned back and went into Benjamin’s ⌊lands⌋ .

20:48b and put to the sword all the cities,

They killed all the people in the towns there
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There they killed everyone who lived in the towns.

20:48c including the animals and everything else they found.

and all the animals and everything else they found.
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They killed their animals and anything else that was left alive.

20:48d And they burned down all the cities in their path.

They set fire to all the towns that they found.
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Then they burned down all the towns.

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