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Judges 21:1

21:1
Now the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
had sworn
<07650> (8738)
in Mizpeh
<04709>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
There shall not any
<0376>
of us give
<05414> (8799)
his daughter
<01323>
unto Benjamin
<01144>
to wife
<0802>_.

Judges 21:7-23

21:7
How shall we do
<06213> (8799)
for wives
<0802>
for them that remain
<03498> (8737)_,
seeing we have sworn
<07650> (8738)
by the LORD
<03068>
that we will not give
<05414> (8800)
them of our daughters
<01323>
to wives
<0802>_?
21:8
And they said
<0559> (8799)_,
What one
<0259>
[is there] of the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>
that came not up
<05927> (8804)
to Mizpeh
<04709>
to the LORD
<03068>_?
And, behold, there came
<0935> (8804)
none
<0376>
to the camp
<04264>
from Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>
to the assembly
<06951>_.
21:9
For the people
<05971>
were numbered
<06485> (8691)_,
and, behold, [there were] none
<0376>
of the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>
there.
21:10
And the congregation
<05712>
sent
<07971> (8799)
thither twelve
<08147> <06240>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>
of the valiantest
<01121> <02428>_,
and commanded
<06680> (8762)
them, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
and smite
<05221> (8689)
the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>
with the edge
<06310>
of the sword
<02719>_,
with the women
<0802>
and the children
<02945>_.
21:11
And this [is] the thing
<01697>
that ye shall do
<06213> (8799)_,
Ye shall utterly destroy
<02763> (8686)
every male
<02145>_,
and every woman
<0802>
that hath lain
<04904>
by man
<03045> (8802)_.
{hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man}
21:12
And they found
<04672> (8799)
among the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>
four
<0702>
hundred
<03967>
young
<05291>
virgins
<01330>_,
that had known
<03045> (8804)
no man
<0376>
by lying
<04904>
with any male
<02145>_:
and they brought
<0935> (8686)
them unto the camp
<04264>
to Shiloh
<07887>_,
which [is] in the land
<0776>
of Canaan
<03667>_.
{young...: Heb. young women virgins}
21:13
And the whole congregation
<05712>
sent
<07971> (8799)
[some] to speak
<01696> (8762)
to the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>
that [were] in the rock
<05553>
Rimmon
<07417>_,
and to call
<07121> (8799)
peaceably
<07965>
unto them. {to speak...: Heb. and spake and called} {call...: or, proclaim peace}
21:14
And Benjamin
<01144>
came again
<07725> (8799)
at that time
<06256>_;
and they gave
<05414> (8799)
them wives
<0802>
which they had saved alive
<02421> (8765)
of the women
<0802>
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_:
and yet so they sufficed
<04672> (8804)
them not.
21:15
And the people
<05971>
repented
<05162> (8737)
them for Benjamin
<01144>_,
because that the LORD
<03068>
had made
<06213> (8804)
a breach
<06556>
in the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_.
21:16
Then the elders
<02205>
of the congregation
<05712>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
How shall we do
<06213> (8799)
for wives
<0802>
for them that remain
<03498> (8737)_,
seeing the women
<0802>
are destroyed
<08045> (8738)
out of Benjamin
<01144>_?
21:17
And they said
<0559> (8799)_,
[There must be] an inheritance
<03425>
for them that be escaped
<06413>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
that a tribe
<07626>
be not destroyed
<04229> (8735)
out of Israel
<03478>_.
21:18
Howbeit we may
<03201> (8799)
not give
<05414> (8800)
them wives
<0802>
of our daughters
<01323>_:
for the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
have sworn
<07650> (8738)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Cursed
<0779> (8803)
[be] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)
a wife
<0802>
to Benjamin
<01144>_.
21:19
Then they said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold, [there is] a feast
<02282>
of the LORD
<03068>
in Shiloh
<07887>
yearly
<03117> <03117>
[in a place] which [is] on the north side
<06828>
of Bethel
<01008>_,
on the east side
<04217> <08121>
of the highway
<04546>
that goeth up
<05927> (8802)
from Bethel
<01008>
to Shechem
<07927>_,
and on the south
<05045>
of Lebonah
<03829>_.
{yearly: Heb. from year to year} {on the east...: or, toward the sunrising} {of the highway: or, on the highway}
21:20
Therefore they commanded
<06680> (8762)
the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
and lie in wait
<0693> (8804)
in the vineyards
<03754>_;
21:21
And see
<07200> (8804)_,
and, behold, if the daughters
<01323>
of Shiloh
<07887>
come out
<03318> (8799)
to dance
<02342> (8800)
in dances
<04246>_,
then come ye out
<03318> (8804)
of the vineyards
<03754>_,
and catch
<02414> (8804)
you every man
<0376>
his wife
<0802>
of the daughters
<01323>
of Shiloh
<07887>_,
and go
<01980> (8804)
to the land
<0776>
of Benjamin
<01144>_.
21:22
And it shall be, when their fathers
<01>
or their brethren
<0251>
come
<0935> (8799)
unto us to complain
<07378> (8800)_,
that we will say
<0559> (8804)
unto them, Be favourable
<02603> (8798)
unto them for our sakes: because we reserved
<03947> (8804)
not to each man
<0376>
his wife
<0802>
in the war
<04421>_:
for ye did not give
<05414> (8804)
unto them at this time
<06256>_,
[that] ye should be guilty
<0816> (8799)_.
{Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them}
21:23
And the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>
did so
<06213> (8799)_,
and took
<05375> (8799)
[them] wives
<0802>_,
according to their number
<04557>_,
of them that danced
<02342> (8789)_,
whom they caught
<01497> (8804)_:
and they went
<03212> (8799)
and returned
<07725> (8799)
unto their inheritance
<05159>_,
and repaired
<01129> (8799)
the cities
<05892>_,
and dwelt
<03427> (8799)
in them.
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