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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 menº
of Israelº
had swornºº
in Mizpeh,º
saying,ºº
There shall notº
anyº
ofº
us giveºº
his daughterº
unto Benjaminº
to wife.º |
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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; |
21:2
And the peopleº
cameºº
to the houseº
of El,ººº
and abodeºº
thereº
tillº
evenº
beforeº
Elohim,º
and lifted upºº
their voices,º
and weptººº
sore;ºº |
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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? |
21:3
And said,ºº
O Yahwehº
Elohimº
of Israel,º
whyº
is thisº
come to passº
in Israel,º
that there should be to dayº
oneº
tribeº
lackingºº
in Israel?ºº |
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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. |
21:4
And it came to passº
on the morrow,ºº
that the peopleº
rose early,ºº
and builtºº
thereº
an altar,º
and offeredºº
burnt offeringsº
and peace offerings.º |
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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. |
21:5
And the childrenº
of Israelº
said,ºº
Whoº
[is there] among allºº
the tribesº
of Israelº
thatº
cameºº
not upºº
with the congregationº
untoº
Yahweh?º
Forº
they had madeº
a greatº
oathº
concerningº
him that came not upººº
toº
Yahwehº
to Mizpeh,º
saying,ºº
He shall surelyºº
be put to death.ºº |
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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. |
21:6
And the childrenº
of Israelº
repentedºº
them forº
Benjaminº
their brother,º
and said,ºº
There is oneº
tribeº
cut offºº
from Israelºº
this day.º |
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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. |
21:7
Howº
shall we doºº
for wivesº
for them that remain,ºº
seeing weº
have swornºº
by Yahwehº
that we will notº
giveºº
them of our daughtersºº
to wives?º |
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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. |
21:8 ¶
And they said,ºº
Whatº
oneº
[is there] of the tribesºº
of Israelº
thatº
came not upººº
to Mizpehº
toº
Yahweh?º
And, behold,º
there cameºº
noneºº
toº
the campº
from Jabeshgileadººº
toº
the assembly.º |
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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}. |
21:9
For the peopleº
were numbered,ºº
and, behold,º
[there were] noneºº
of the inhabitantsººº
of Jabeshgileadºº
there.º |
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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. |
21:10
And the congregationº
sentºº
thitherº
twelveºº
thousandº
menº
of the valiantest,ººº
and commandedºº
them, saying,ºº
Goººº
and smiteººº
the inhabitantsºº
of Jabeshgileadºº
with the edgeº
of the sword,º
with the womenº
and the children.º |
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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. |
21:11
And thisº
[is] the thingº
thatº
ye shall do,ºº
Ye shall utterly destroyºº
everyº
male,º
and everyº
womanº
that hath lainºº
by man.ººº |
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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}. |
21:12
And they foundºº
among the inhabitantsººº
of Jabeshgileadºº
fourº
hundredº
youngº
virgins,º
thatº
had knownºº
noº
manº
by lyingº
with any male:º
and they broughtºº
them untoº
the campº
to Shiloh,º
whichº
[is] in the landº
of Canaan.º |
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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. |
21:13
And the wholeº
congregationº
sentºº
[some] to speakºº
toº
the childrenº
of Benjaminº
thatº
[were] in the rockº
Rimmon,º
and to callºº
peaceablyº
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. |
21:14
And Benjaminº
came againºº
at thatº
time;º
and they gaveºº
them wivesº
whichº
they had saved aliveºº
of the womenºº
of Jabeshgilead:ºº
and yet soº
they sufficedºº
them not.º |
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21:15
And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. |
21:15
And the peopleº
repentedºº
themº
for Benjamin,º
becauseº
that Yahwehº
had madeºº
a breachº
in the tribesº
of Israel.º |
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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. |
21:16 ¶
Then the eldersº
of the congregationº
said,ºº
Howº
shall we doºº
for wivesº
for them that remain,ºº
seeingº
the womenº
are destroyedºº
out of Benjamin?ºº |
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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. |
21:17
And they said,ºº
[There must be] an inheritanceº
for them that be escapedº
of Benjamin,º
that a tribeº
be notº
destroyedºº
out of Israel.ºº |
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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. |
21:18
Howbeit weº
mayºº
notº
giveºº
them wivesº
of our daughters:ºº
forº
the childrenº
of Israelº
have sworn,ºº
saying,ºº
Cursedºº
[be] he that givethºº
a wifeº
to Benjamin.º |
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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}. |
21:19
Then they said,ºº
Behold,º
[there is] a feastº
of Yahwehº
in Shilohº
yearlyºº
[in a place] whichº
[is] on the north sideºº
of Bethel,ºº
on the east sideºº
of the highwayº
that goeth upºº
from Bethelºº
to Shechem,º
and on the southºº
of Lebonah.º |
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21:20
And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; |
21:20
Therefore they commandedººº
the childrenº
of Benjamin,º
saying,ºº
Goººº
and lie in waitºº
in the vineyards;º |
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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. |
21:21
And see,ºº
and, behold,º
ifº
the daughtersº
of Shilohº
come outºº
to danceºº
in dances,º
then come ye outºº
ofº
the vineyards,º
and catchºº
you every manº
his wifeº
of the daughtersºº
of Shiloh,º
and goºº
to the landº
of Benjamin.º |
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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. |
21:22
And it shall be,º
whenº
their fathersº
orº
their brethrenº
comeºº
untoº
us to complain,ºº
that we will sayºº
untoº
them, Be favourableºº
unto them for our sakes: becauseº
we reservedºº
notº
to each manº
his wifeº
in the war:º
forº
yeº
did notº
giveºº
unto them at this time,º
[that] ye should be guilty.ºº |
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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. |
21:23
And the childrenº
of Benjaminº
didº
so,ººº
and tookºº
[them] wives,º
according to their number,º
ofº
them that danced,ºº
whomº
they caught:ºº
and they wentººº
and returnedºº
untoº
their inheritance,º
and repairedººº
the cities,º
and dweltºº
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. |
21:24
And the childrenº
of Israelº
departedºº
thenceºº
at thatº
time,º
every manº
to his tribeº
and to his family,º
and they went outºº
from thenceºº
every manº
to his inheritance.º |
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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. |
21:25
In thoseº
daysº
[there was] noº
kingº
in Israel:º
every manº
didºº
[that which was] rightº
in his own eyes.º |
