1 And it came to pass, after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying,––Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites, first, to make war upon them?
Judges 1:1 Cross References - Rotherham
Exodus 28:30
30 Thus shalt thou place, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, the lights and the perfections, so shall they be upon the heart of Aaron, when he goeth in before Yahweh,––so shall Aaron bear the sentence of the sons of Israel, upon his heart, before Yahweh, continually.
Numbers 27:21
21 And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,––at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and, at the bidding thereof, shall they come in––he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly.
Joshua 24:29-30
Judges 1:27
27 But Manasseh took not possession of Beth–shean and her towns, nor of Taanach and her towns, nor dispossessed the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns,––but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land;
Judges 3:1-6
1 Now, these, are the nations which Yahweh left, that he might, by them, put Israel to the proof,––all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan;
2 that the generations of the sons of Israel might certainly get to know, by being taught to make war,––such, at least, as aforetime knew nothing thereof:––
3 five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon,––from Mount Baal–hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath.
4 So then [these] were [left], that, by them, he might put Israel to the proof,––to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 And thus, the sons of Israel, dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites,––the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
6 and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods.
Judges 20:18
18 And they arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked of God, and the sons of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first, to fight against the sons of Benjamin? And Yahweh said––Judah, first.
Judges 20:28
28 and Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was standing before it in those days, saying: Shall I yet again go forth to battle, against the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or shall I forbear? And Yahweh said––Go up, for, tomorrow, will I deliver him into thy hand.