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  21:1 ¶
Now the children of Israel swore in Mizpeh{gr.Massephath}, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife. |
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21:1 ¶
Now the men°
of Israel°
had sworn°°
in Mizpeh,°
saying,°°
There shall not°
any°
of°
us give°°
his daughter°
unto Benjamin°
to wife.° |
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21:2
And the people came to Bethel{gr.Baethel}, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping; |
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21:2
And the people°
came°°
to the house°
of El,°°°
and abode°°
there°
till°
even°
before°
Elohim,°
and lifted up°°
their voices,°
and wept°°°
sore;°° |
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21:3
and said, Wherefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that to-day one tribe should be counted [as missing] from Israel? |
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21:3
And said,°°
O Yahweh°
Elohim°
of Israel,°
why°
is this°
come to pass°
in Israel,°
that there should be to day°
one°
tribe°
lacking°°
in Israel?°° |
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21:4
And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace offerings. |
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21:4
And it came to pass°
on the morrow,°°
that the people°
rose early,°°
and built°°
there°
an altar,°
and offered°°
burnt offerings°
and peace offerings.° |
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21:5
And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Mizpeh{gr.Massephath}, saying, He shall surely be put to death. |
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21:5
And the children°
of Israel°
said,°°
Who°
[is there] among all°°
the tribes°
of Israel°
that°
came°°
not up°°
with the congregation°
unto°
Yahweh?°
For°
they had made°
a great°
oath°
concerning°
him that came not up°°°
to°
Yahweh°
to Mizpeh,°
saying,°°
He shall surely°°
be put to death.°° |
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21:6
And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel. |
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21:6
And the children°
of Israel°
repented°°
them for°
Benjamin°
their brother,°
and said,°°
There is one°
tribe°
cut off°°
from Israel°°
this day.° |
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21:7
What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives. |
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21:7
How°
shall we do°°
for wives°
for them that remain,°°
seeing we°
have sworn°°
by Yahweh°
that we will not°
give°°
them of our daughters°°
to wives?° |
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21:8 ¶
And they said, What one [man is there] of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Mizpeh{gr.Massephath}? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad} to the assembly. |
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21:8 ¶
And they said,°°
What°
one°
[is there] of the tribes°°
of Israel°
that°
came not up°°°
to Mizpeh°
to°
Yahweh?°
And, behold,°
there came°°
none°°
to°
the camp°
from Jabeshgilead°°°
to°
the assembly.° |
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21:9
And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad}. |
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21:9
For the people°
were numbered,°°
and, behold,°
[there were] none°°
of the inhabitants°°°
of Jabeshgilead°°
there.° |
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21:10
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad} with the edge of the sword. |
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21:10
And the congregation°
sent°°
thither°
twelve°°
thousand°
men°
of the valiantest,°°°
and commanded°°
them, saying,°°
Go°°°
and smite°°°
the inhabitants°°
of Jabeshgilead°°
with the edge°
of the sword,°
with the women°
and the children.° |
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21:11
And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote [to destruction], but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so. |
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21:11
And this°
[is] the thing°
that°
ye shall do,°°
Ye shall utterly destroy°°
every°
male,°
and every°
woman°
that hath lain°°
by man.°°° |
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21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad} four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Shelah{gr.Selom} in the land of Canaan{gr.Chanaan}. |
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21:12
And they found°°
among the inhabitants°°°
of Jabeshgilead°°
four°
hundred°
young°
virgins,°
that°
had known°°
no°
man°
by lying°
with any male:°
and they brought°°
them unto°
the camp°
to Shiloh,°
which°
[is] in the land°
of Canaan.° |
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21:13
And all the congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin in the rock Rimmon{gr.Remmon}, and invited them to [make] peace. |
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21:13
And the whole°
congregation°
sent°°
[some] to speak°°
to°
the children°
of Benjamin°
that°
[were] in the rock°
Rimmon,°
and to call°°
peaceably°
unto them. |
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21:14
And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they [had] save alive of the daughters of Jabesh{gr.Jabis} Gilead{gr.Galaad}; and they were content. |
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21:14
And Benjamin°
came again°°
at that°
time;°
and they gave°°
them wives°
which°
they had saved alive°°
of the women°°
of Jabeshgilead:°°
and yet so°
they sufficed°°
them not.° |
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21:15
And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. |
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21:15
And the people°
repented°°
them°
for Benjamin,°
because°
that Yahweh°
had made°°
a breach°
in the tribes°
of Israel.° |
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21:16 ¶
And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin. |
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21:16 ¶
Then the elders°
of the congregation°
said,°°
How°
shall we do°°
for wives°
for them that remain,°°
seeing°
the women°
are destroyed°°
out of Benjamin?°° |
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21:17
And they said, [There must be] an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and [so] a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel. |
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21:17
And they said,°°
[There must be] an inheritance°
for them that be escaped°
of Benjamin,°
that a tribe°
be not°
destroyed°°
out of Israel.°° |
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21:18
For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed [is] he that gives a wife to Benjamin. |
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21:18
Howbeit we°
may°°
not°
give°°
them wives°
of our daughters:°°
for°
the children°
of Israel°
have sworn,°°
saying,°°
Cursed°°
[be] he that giveth°°
a wife°
to Benjamin.° |
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21:19
And they said, Lo! now [there is] a feast of the Lord from year to year in Shelah{gr.Selom}, which is on the north of Bethel{gr.Baethel}, eastward on the way that goes up from Bethel{gr.Baethel} to Shechem{gr.Sychem}, and from the south of Libnah{gr.Lebona}. |
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21:19
Then they said,°°
Behold,°
[there is] a feast°
of Yahweh°
in Shiloh°
yearly°°
[in a place] which°
[is] on the north side°°
of Bethel,°°
on the east side°°
of the highway°
that goeth up°°
from Bethel°°
to Shechem,°
and on the south°°
of Lebonah.° |
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21:20
And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; |
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21:20
Therefore they commanded°°°
the children°
of Benjamin,°
saying,°°
Go°°°
and lie in wait°°
in the vineyards;° |
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21:21
and ye shall see; and lo! if there come out the daughters of the inhabitants of Shelah{gr.Selom} to dance in dances, then shall ye go out of the vineyards and seize for yourselves every man a wife of the daughters of Shelah{gr.Selom}, and go ye into the land of Benjamin. |
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21:21
And see,°°
and, behold,°
if°
the daughters°
of Shiloh°
come out°°
to dance°°
in dances,°
then come ye out°°
of°
the vineyards,°
and catch°°
you every man°
his wife°
of the daughters°°
of Shiloh,°
and go°°
to the land°
of Benjamin.° |
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21:22
And it shall come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because ye did not give to them according to the occasion, ye transgressed. |
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21:22
And it shall be,°
when°
their fathers°
or°
their brethren°
come°°
unto°
us to complain,°°
that we will say°°
unto°
them, Be favourable°°
unto them for our sakes: because°
we reserved°°
not°
to each man°
his wife°
in the war:°
for°
ye°
did not°
give°°
unto them at this time,°
[that] ye should be guilty.°° |
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21:23
And the children of Benjamin did so; and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they seized: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. |
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21:23
And the children°
of Benjamin°
did°
so,°°°
and took°°
[them] wives,°
according to their number,°
of°
them that danced,°°
whom°
they caught:°°
and they went°°°
and returned°°
unto°
their inheritance,°
and repaired°°°
the cities,°
and dwelt°°
in them. |
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21:24
And the children of Israel went thence at that time every man to his tribe and his kindred; and they went thence every man to his inheritance. |
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21:24
And the children°
of Israel°
departed°°
thence°°
at that°
time,°
every man°
to his tribe°
and to his family,°
and they went out°°
from thence°°
every man°
to his inheritance.° |
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21:25
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight. |
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21:25
In those°
days°
[there was] no°
king°
in Israel:°
every man°
did°°
[that which was] right°
in his own eyes.° |
