ASV_Strong : Judges 21
1. Now the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] had sworn[H7650] in Mizpah[H4709], saying[H559], There shall not any[H376] of us give[H5414] his daughter[H1323] unto Benjamin[H1144] to wife[H802].
2. And the people[H5971] came[H935] to[H1004] Beth-el[H430], and sat[H3427] there till even[H6153] before[H6440] God[H430], and lifted up[H5375] their voices[H6963], and wept[H1058] sore[H1419].
3. And they said[H559], O Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], why is this come to pass in Israel[H3478], that there should be to-day[H3117] one[H259] tribe[H7626] lacking[H6485] in Israel[H3478]?
4. And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that the people[H5971] rose early[H7925], and built[H1129] there an altar[H4196], and offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] and peace-offerings[H5930].
5. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] said[H559], Who is there among all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] that[H834] came[H5927] not up in the assembly[H6951] unto Jehovah[H3068]? For they had made a great[H1419] oath[H7621] concerning him that came not up[H5927] unto Jehovah[H3068] to Mizpah[H4709], saying[H559], He shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
6. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] repented[H5162] them for Benjamin[H1144] their brother[H251], and said[H559], There is one[H259] tribe[H7626] cut off[H1438] from Israel[H3478] this day[H3117].
7. How shall we do[H6213] for wives[H802] for them that remain[H3498], seeing we have sworn[H7650] by Jehovah[H3068] that we will not give[H5414] them of our daughters[H1323] to wives[H802]?
8. And they said[H559], What one[H259] is there of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] that came not up[H5927] unto Jehovah[H3068] to Mizpah[H4709]? And[H935], behold, there came none[H376] to the camp[H4264] from Jabesh-gilead[H3003] to the assembly[H6951].
9. For when the people[H5971] were numbered[H6485], behold[H376], there were none of the inhabitants[H3427] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003] there.
10. And the congregation[H5712] sent[H7971] thither twelve[H8147] thousand[H505] men[H376] of the valiantest[H1121], and commanded[H6680] them[H559], saying, Go[H3212] and smite[H5221] the inhabitants[H3427] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003] with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], with the women[H802] and the little ones[H2945].
11. And this is the thing[H1697] that ye shall do[H6213]: ye shall utterly destroy[H2763] every male[H2145], and every woman[H802] that hath lain[H4904] by man[H3045].
12. And they found[H4672] among the inhabitants[H3427] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003] four[H702] hundred[H3967] young[H5291] virgins[H1330], that had not known[H3045] man[H376] by lying[H4904] with him[H2145]; and they brought[H935] them unto the camp[H4264] to Shiloh[H7887], which is in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
13. And the whole congregation[H5712] sent[H7971] and spake[H1696] to the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] that were in the rock[H5553] of Rimmon[H7417], and proclaimed[H7121] peace unto them[H7965].
14. And Benjamin[H1144] returned[H7725] at that time[H6256]; and they gave[H5414] them the women[H802] whom they had saved alive[H2421] of the women[H802] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003]: and yet so they sufficed them not[H4672].
15. And the people[H5971] repented[H5162] them for Benjamin[H1144], because that Jehovah[H3068] had made[H6213] a breach[H6556] in the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478].
16. Then the elders[H2205] of the congregation[H5712] said[H559], How shall we do[H6213] for wives[H802] for them that remain[H3498], seeing the women[H802] are destroyed[H8045] out of Benjamin[H1144]?
17. And they said[H559], There must be an inheritance[H3425] for them that are escaped[H6413] of Benjamin[H1144], that a tribe[H7626] be not blotted[H4229] out from Israel[H3478].
18. Howbeit we may[H3201] not give[H5414] them wives[H802] of our daughters[H1323], for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] had sworn[H7650], saying[H559], Cursed[H779] be he that giveth[H5414] a wife[H802] to Benjamin[H1144].
19. And they said[H559], Behold[H2282], there is a feast of Jehovah[H3068] from year to year[H3117] in Shiloh[H7887], which is on the north[H6828] of Beth-el[H1008], on the east side[H6828] of the highway[H4546] that goeth up[H5927] from Beth-el[H1008] to Shechem[H7927], and on the south[H5045] of Lebonah[H3829].
20. And they commanded[H6680] the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144], saying[H559], Go[H3212] and lie in wait[H693] in the vineyards[H3754],
21. and see[H7200], and[H1323], behold, if the daughters of Shiloh[H7887] come out[H3318] to dance[H2342] in the dances[H4246], then come ye out[H3318] of the vineyards[H3754], and catch[H2414] you every man[H376] his wife[H802] of the daughters[H1323] of Shiloh[H7887], and go[H1980] to the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144].
22. And it shall be[H1], when their fathers or their brethren[H251] come[H935] to complain[H7378] unto us[H559], that we will say unto them[H2603], Grant them graciously unto us[H3947], because we took not for each man[H376] of them his wife[H802] in battle[H4421], neither did ye give[H5414] them unto them[H6256], else would ye now be guilty[H816].
23. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] did so[H6213], and took[H5375] them wives[H802], according to their number[H4557], of them that danced[H2342], whom they carried[H1497] off[H3212]: and they went and returned[H7725] unto their inheritance[H5159], and built[H1129] the cities[H5892], and dwelt in them[H3427].
24. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] departed[H1980] thence at that time[H6256], every man[H376] to his tribe[H7626] and to his family[H4940], and they went out[H3318] from thence every man[H376] to his inheritance[H5159].
25. In those days[H3117] there was no king[H4428] in Israel[H3478]: every man[H376] did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in his own eyes[H5869].
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