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Judges 21
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Wives Provided for the Benjamites

21Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, "None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife."H376H3478H7650H4709H559H376H5414H1323H1144H802 2Then the people came to the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,H5971H935H1004H430H1008H3427H6153H6440H430H5375H6963H1058H1065H1419 3and said, "O LORD God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?"H559H3068H430H3478H3478H3117H259H7626H6485H3478 4So it was, on the next morning, that the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.H4283H5971H7925H1129H4196H5927H5930H8002 5The children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who had not come up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."H1121H3478H559H7626H3478H834H5927H6951H3068H1419H7621H5927H3068H4709H559H4191H4191 6And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel today.H1121H3478H5162H1144H251H559H259H7626H1438H3478H3117 7"What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?"H6213H802H3498H7650H3068H5414H1323H802 8And they said, "What one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Mizpah to the LORD?" And, in fact, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.H559H259H7626H3478H5927H4709H3068H935H376H4264H3003H1568H6951 9For when the people were counted, indeed, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.H5971H6485H376H3427H3003H1568 10So the congregation sent out there twelve thousand of their most valiant men, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and children.H5712H7971H8147H6240H505H376H1121H2428H6680H559H3212H5221H3427H3003H1568H6310H2719H802H2945 11"And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately."H1697H6213H2763H2145H802H4904H3045 12So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.H4672H3427H3003H1568H702H3967H5291H1330H3045H376H4904H2145H935H4264H7887H776H3667 13Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them.H5712H7971H1696H1121H1144H5553H7417H7121H7965 14So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.H1144H7725H6256H5414H802H2421H802H3003H1568H4672 15And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.H5971H5162H1144H3068H6213H6556H7626H3478 16Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"H2205H5712H559H6213H802H3498H802H8045H1144 17And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.H559H3425H6413H1144H7626H4229H3478 18"However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"H3201H5414H802H1323H1121H3478H7650H559H779H5414H802H1144 19Then they said, "In fact, there is a yearly feast of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."H559H2282H3068H7887H3117H3117H6828H1008H4217H8121H4546H5927H1008H7927H5045H3829 20Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, "Go, lie in wait in the vineyards,H6680H1121H1144H559H3212H693H3754 21"and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin.H7200H1323H7887H3318H2342H4246H3318H3754H2414H376H802H1323H7887H1980H776H1144 22"Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, 'Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.'"H1H251H935H7378H559H2603H3947H376H802H4421H5414H6256H816 23And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.H1121H1144H6213H5375H802H4557H2342H1497H3212H7725H5159H1129H5892H3427 24So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.H1121H3478H1980H6256H376H7626H4940H3318H376H5159 25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.H3117H4428H3478H376H6213H3477H5869


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