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Judges 21
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21Now the people of Israel had taken a vow in Mizpah that went like this: "Not even one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjaminite!"H376H3478H7650H4709H559H376H5414H1323H1144H802
2So the people went to Bethel, sat before God until dusk, where they cried out loud and wept bitterly.H5971H935H1004H430H1008H3427H6153H6440H430H5375H6963H1058H1065H1419
3"Why, Lord God of Israel," they asked him, "is one tribe missing from Israel?"H559H3068H430H3478H3478H3117H259H7626H6485H3478
4The next day, the people got up early, built an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.H4283H5971H7925H1129H4196H5927H5930H8002
5The Israelites asked themselves, "Who didn't come up in our assembly in the Lord's presence from among all of the tribes of Israel?" They had taken a solemn oath concerning those who didn't come up to meet with the Lord at Mizpah that "They will certainly be executed."H1121H3478H559H7626H3478H834H5927H6951H3068H1419H7621H5927H3068H4709H559H4191H4191
6But the Israelites were mourning for their relatives in the tribe of Benjamin. They announced, "One tribe has been eliminated from Israel today!H1121H3478H5162H1144H251H559H259H7626H1438H3478H3117
7What can we do to find wives for the survivors who remain, since we've already taken an oath in the Lord's presence not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?"H6213H802H3498H7650H3068H5414H1323H802
8They asked, "What one group of the tribes of Israel didn't come up to meet the Lord at Mizpah?" It turned out that no one had come to the encampment from Jabesh-gilead,H559H259H7626H3478H5927H4709H3068H935H376H4264H3003H1568H6951
9since when they took a census of the assembly, not even one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was in attendance.H5971H6485H376H3427H3003H1568
10So the congregation sent out 12,000 of their valiant soldiers, issuing these orders to them: "Go and attack the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with swords, including the woman and little ones.H5712H7971H8147H6240H505H376H1121H2428H6680H559H3212H5221H3427H3003H1568H6310H2719H802H2945
11You're to completely destroy every man and every married woman."H1697H6213H2763H2145H802H4904H3045
12They discovered among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who hadn't had sex with a man, and they brought them to the encampment at Shiloh in the territory of Canaan.H4672H3427H3003H1568H702H3967H5291H1330H3045H376H4904H2145H935H4264H7887H776H3667
13Then the entire congregation sent for the surviving Benjaminites who were living at the rock of Rimmon and assured them that their intentions toward them were peaceful.H5712H7971H1696H1121H1144H5553H7417H7121H7965
14So the survivors of the tribe of Benjamin returned at that time, and the Israelites gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the raid on Jabesh-gilead. Even so, there weren't enough for them.H1144H7725H6256H5414H802H2421H802H3003H1568H4672
15The people felt sorry for the tribe of Benjamin because the Lord had broken one of the tribes of Israel.H5971H5162H1144H3068H6213H6556H7626H3478
16So the elders of the congregation asked, "What shall we do to obtain wives for the survivors, since the women of Benjamin have been devastated?"H2205H5712H559H6213H802H3498H802H8045H1144
17They continued, "Let's make sure that there's an inheritance for the survivors of the tribe of Benjamin, so that a tribe won't be blotted out from Israel.H559H3425H6413H1144H7626H4229H3478
18But we can't give them wives from our own daughters, since we've taken this vow: 'May the Lord curse anyone who gives his daughter as a wife to the tribe of Benjamin!'"16H3201H5414H802H1323H1121H3478H7650H559H779H5414H802H1144
19So they concluded, "Look, there's a feast to the Lord every year in Shiloh on the north side of Bethel, south of Lebonah and on the east side of the highway that runs from Bethel to Shechem…"H559H2282H3068H7887H3117H3117H6828H1008H4217H8121H4546H5927H1008H7927H5045H3829
20So they told the Benjaminites, "Go and hide in the vineyards.H6680H1121H1144H559H3212H693H3754
21Watch when the unmarried women from Shiloh come out to participate in the dances. Then come out of the vineyards and each of you grab a wife from the unmarried women from Shiloh. Then go back home to the territory of Benjamin.H7200H1323H7887H3318H2342H4246H3318H3754H2414H376H802H1323H7887H1980H776H1144
22If their fathers or brothers come complaining to us, we'll tell them 'Be generous! Give them to us voluntarily, because we didn't take anyone to be a wife for the men of the tribe of Benjamin as a result of the battle. And you haven't incurred guilt by giving your daughters to them.'"H1H251H935H7378H559H2603H3947H376H802H4421H5414H6256H816
23So the Benjaminites did all of this: they chose and carried away just enough wives from those who danced to meet the number needed, then they left to return to their inheritance, to rebuild their cities, and to live there.H1121H1144H6213H5375H802H4557H2342H1497H3212H7725H5159H1129H5892H3427
24The Israelites left there at that time, each man to his tribe and family, and each of them went down from there to his territorial allotment.H1121H3478H1980H6256H376H7626H4940H3318H376H5159
25Back in those days, Israel didn't yet have a king, so each person did whatever seemed right in his own opinion.H3117H4428H3478H376H6213H3477H5869


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