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Judges 21

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Now the menh376 of Israelh3478 had swornh7650h8738 in Mizpehh4709, sayingh559h8800, There shall not anyh376 of us giveh5414h8799 his daughterh1323 unto Benjaminh1144 to wifeh802.

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And the peopleh5971 cameh935h8799 to the househ1004 of Godh430h8677h1008, and abodeh3427h8799 there till evenh6153 beforeh6440 Godh430, and lifted uph5375h8799 their voicesh6963, and wepth1058h8799h1065 soreh1419;

3

And saidh559h8799, O LORDh3068 Godh430 of Israelh3478, why is this come to pass in Israelh3478, that there should be to dayh3117 oneh259 tribeh7626 lackingh6485h8736 in Israelh3478?

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And it came to pass on the morrowh4283, that the peopleh5971 rose earlyh7925h8686, and builth1129h8799 there an altarh4196, and offeredh5927h8686 burnt offeringsh5930 and peace offeringsh8002.

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And the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478 saidh559h8799, Who is there among all the tribesh7626 of Israelh3478 thath834 cameh5927h8804 not up with the congregationh6951 unto the LORDh3068? For they had made a greath1419 oathh7621 concerning him that came not uph5927h8804 to the LORDh3068 to Mizpehh4709, sayingh559h8800, He shall surelyh4191h8800 be put to deathh4191h8714.

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And the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478 repentedh5162h8735 them for Benjaminh1144 their brotherh251, and saidh559h8799, There is oneh259 tribeh7626 cut offh1438h8738 from Israelh3478 this dayh3117.

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How shall we doh6213h8799 for wivesh802 for them that remainh3498h8737, seeing we have swornh7650h8738 by the LORDh3068 that we will not giveh5414h8800 them of our daughtersh1323 to wivesh802?

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And they saidh559h8799, What oneh259 is there of the tribesh7626 of Israelh3478 that came not uph5927h8804 to Mizpehh4709 to the LORDh3068? And, behold, there cameh935h8804 noneh376 to the camph4264 from Jabeshgileadh3003h1568 to the assemblyh6951.

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For the peopleh5971 were numberedh6485h8691, and, behold, there were noneh376 of the inhabitantsh3427h8802 of Jabeshgileadh3003h1568 there.

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And the congregationh5712 senth7971h8799 thither twelveh8147h6240 thousandh505 menh376 of the valiantesth1121h2428, and commandedh6680h8762 them, sayingh559h8800, Goh3212h8798 and smiteh5221h8689 the inhabitantsh3427h8802 of Jabeshgileadh3003h1568 with the edgeh6310 of the swordh2719, with the womenh802 and the childrenh2945.

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And this is the thingh1697 that ye shall doh6213h8799, Ye shall utterly destroyh2763h8686 every maleh2145, and every womanh802 that hath lainh4904 by manh3045h8802. hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man

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And they foundh4672h8799 among the inhabitantsh3427h8802 of Jabeshgileadh3003h1568 fourh702 hundredh3967 youngh5291 virginsh1330, that had knownh3045h8804 no manh376 by lyingh4904 with any maleh2145: and they broughth935h8686 them unto the camph4264 to Shilohh7887, which is in the landh776 of Canaanh3667. young...: Heb. young women virgins

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And the whole congregationh5712 senth7971h8799 some to speakh1696h8762 to the childrenh1121 of Benjaminh1144 that were in the rockh5553 Rimmonh7417, and to callh7121h8799 peaceablyh7965 unto them. to speak...: Heb. and spake and called
call...: or, proclaim peace

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And Benjaminh1144 came againh7725h8799 at that timeh6256; and they gaveh5414h8799 them wivesh802 which they had saved aliveh2421h8765 of the womenh802 of Jabeshgileadh3003h1568: and yet so they sufficedh4672h8804 them not.

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And the peopleh5971 repentedh5162h8737 them for Benjaminh1144, because that the LORDh3068 had madeh6213h8804 a breachh6556 in the tribesh7626 of Israelh3478.

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Then the eldersh2205 of the congregationh5712 saidh559h8799, How shall we doh6213h8799 for wivesh802 for them that remainh3498h8737, seeing the womenh802 are destroyedh8045h8738 out of Benjaminh1144?

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And they saidh559h8799, There must be an inheritanceh3425 for them that be escapedh6413 of Benjaminh1144, that a tribeh7626 be not destroyedh4229h8735 out of Israelh3478.

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Howbeit we mayh3201h8799 not giveh5414h8800 them wivesh802 of our daughtersh1323: for the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478 have swornh7650h8738, sayingh559h8800, Cursedh779h8803 be he that givethh5414h8802 a wifeh802 to Benjaminh1144.

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Then they saidh559h8799, Behold, there is a feasth2282 of the LORDh3068 in Shilohh7887 yearlyh3117h3117 in a place which is on the north sideh6828 of Bethelh1008, on the east sideh4217h8121 of the highwayh4546 that goeth uph5927h8802 from Bethelh1008 to Shechemh7927, and on the southh5045 of Lebonahh3829. yearly: Heb. from year to year
on the east...: or, toward the sunrising
of the highway: or, on the highway

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Therefore they commandedh6680h8762 the childrenh1121 of Benjaminh1144, sayingh559h8800, Goh3212h8798 and lie in waith693h8804 in the vineyardsh3754;

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And seeh7200h8804, and, behold, if the daughtersh1323 of Shilohh7887 come outh3318h8799 to danceh2342h8800 in dancesh4246, then come ye outh3318h8804 of the vineyardsh3754, and catchh2414h8804 you every manh376 his wifeh802 of the daughtersh1323 of Shilohh7887, and goh1980h8804 to the landh776 of Benjaminh1144.

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And it shall be, when their fathersh1 or their brethrenh251 comeh935h8799 unto us to complainh7378h8800, that we will sayh559h8804 unto them, Be favourableh2603h8798 unto them for our sakes: because we reservedh3947h8804 not to each manh376 his wifeh802 in the warh4421: for ye did not giveh5414h8804 unto them at this timeh6256, that ye should be guiltyh816h8799. Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them

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And the childrenh1121 of Benjaminh1144 did soh6213h8799, and tookh5375h8799 them wivesh802, according to their numberh4557, of them that dancedh2342h8789, whom they caughth1497h8804: and they wenth3212h8799 and returnedh7725h8799 unto their inheritanceh5159, and repairedh1129h8799 the citiesh5892, and dwelth3427h8799 in them.

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And the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478 departedh1980h8691 thence at that timeh6256, every manh376 to his tribeh7626 and to his familyh4940, and they went outh3318h8799 from thence every manh376 to his inheritanceh5159.

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In those daysh3117 there was no kingh4428 in Israelh3478: every manh376 didh6213h8799 that which was righth3477 in his own eyesh5869.



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