For the people were numbered. — It is doubtful whether this implies another numbering besides that at Mizpeh (Judges 20:1-17). In the tale which had then been made up, the absence of inhabitants of a single town might for the present escape notice. It would be sufficient now merely to refer to the lists then made (Judges 20:1-17).
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Judges 21:9
9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.