21:1 | Now the men <0376> of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> (8738) in Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559> (8800), There shall not any <0376> of us give <05414> (8799) his daughter <01323> unto Benjamin <01144> to wife <0802>. |
21:2 | And the people <05971> came <0935> (8799) to the house <01004> of God <0430> (8677) <01008>, and abode <03427> (8799) there till even <06153> before <06440> God <0430>, and lifted up <05375> (8799) their voices <06963>, and wept <01058> (8799) <01065> sore <01419>; |
21:3 | And said <0559> (8799), O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, why is this come to pass in Israel <03478>, that there should be to day <03117> one <0259> tribe <07626> lacking <06485> (8736) in Israel <03478>? |
21:4 | And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, that the people <05971> rose early <07925> (8686), and built <01129> (8799) there an altar <04196>, and offered <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> and peace offerings <08002>. |
21:5 | And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799), Who [is there] among all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> that <0834> came <05927> (8804) not up with the congregation <06951> unto the LORD <03068>? For they had made a great <01419> oath <07621> concerning him that came not up <05927> (8804) to the LORD <03068> to Mizpeh <04709>, saying <0559> (8800), He shall surely <04191> (8800) be put to death <04191> (8714). |
21:6 | And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> repented <05162> (8735) them for Benjamin <01144> their brother <0251>, and said <0559> (8799), There is one <0259> tribe <07626> cut off <01438> (8738) from Israel <03478> this day <03117>. |
21:7 | How shall we do <06213> (8799) for wives <0802> for them that remain <03498> (8737), seeing we have sworn <07650> (8738) by the LORD <03068> that we will not give <05414> (8800) them of our daughters <01323> to wives <0802>? |
21:8 | And they said <0559> (8799), What one <0259> [is there] of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> that came not up <05927> (8804) to Mizpeh <04709> to the LORD <03068>? And, behold, there came <0935> (8804) none <0376> to the camp <04264> from Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> to the assembly <06951>. |
21:9 | For the people <05971> were numbered <06485> (8691), and, behold, [there were] none <0376> of the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> there. |
21:10 | And the congregation <05712> sent <07971> (8799) thither twelve <08147> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376> of the valiantest <01121> <02428>, and commanded <06680> (8762) them, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798) and smite <05221> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>, with the women <0802> and the children <02945>. |
21:11 | And this [is] the thing <01697> that ye shall do <06213> (8799), Ye shall utterly destroy <02763> (8686) every male <02145>, and every woman <0802> that hath lain <04904> by man <03045> (8802). {hath lain...: Heb. knoweth the lying with man} |
21:12 | And they found <04672> (8799) among the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> four <0702> hundred <03967> young <05291> virgins <01330>, that had known <03045> (8804) no man <0376> by lying <04904> with any male <02145>: and they brought <0935> (8686) them unto the camp <04264> to Shiloh <07887>, which [is] in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. {young...: Heb. young women virgins} |
21:13 | And the whole congregation <05712> sent <07971> (8799) [some] to speak <01696> (8762) to the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> that [were] in the rock <05553> Rimmon <07417>, and to call <07121> (8799) peaceably <07965> unto them. {to speak...: Heb. and spake and called} {call...: or, proclaim peace} |
21:14 | And Benjamin <01144> came again <07725> (8799) at that time <06256>; and they gave <05414> (8799) them wives <0802> which they had saved alive <02421> (8765) of the women <0802> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>: and yet so they sufficed <04672> (8804) them not. |
21:15 | And the people <05971> repented <05162> (8737) them for Benjamin <01144>, because that the LORD <03068> had made <06213> (8804) a breach <06556> in the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>. |
21:16 | Then the elders <02205> of the congregation <05712> said <0559> (8799), How shall we do <06213> (8799) for wives <0802> for them that remain <03498> (8737), seeing the women <0802> are destroyed <08045> (8738) out of Benjamin <01144>? |
21:17 | And they said <0559> (8799), [There must be] an inheritance <03425> for them that be escaped <06413> of Benjamin <01144>, that a tribe <07626> be not destroyed <04229> (8735) out of Israel <03478>. |
21:18 | Howbeit we may <03201> (8799) not give <05414> (8800) them wives <0802> of our daughters <01323>: for the children <01121> of Israel <03478> have sworn <07650> (8738), saying <0559> (8800), Cursed <0779> (8803) [be] he that giveth <05414> (8802) a wife <0802> to Benjamin <01144>. |
21:19 | Then they said <0559> (8799), Behold, [there is] a feast <02282> of the LORD <03068> in Shiloh <07887> yearly <03117> <03117> [in a place] which [is] on the north side <06828> of Bethel <01008>, on the east side <04217> <08121> of the highway <04546> that goeth up <05927> (8802) from Bethel <01008> to Shechem <07927>, and on the south <05045> of Lebonah <03829>. {yearly: Heb. from year to year} {on the east...: or, toward the sunrising} {of the highway: or, on the highway} |
21:20 | Therefore they commanded <06680> (8762) the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798) and lie in wait <0693> (8804) in the vineyards <03754>; |
21:21 | And see <07200> (8804), and, behold, if the daughters <01323> of Shiloh <07887> come out <03318> (8799) to dance <02342> (8800) in dances <04246>, then come ye out <03318> (8804) of the vineyards <03754>, and catch <02414> (8804) you every man <0376> his wife <0802> of the daughters <01323> of Shiloh <07887>, and go <01980> (8804) to the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>. |
21:22 | And it shall be, when their fathers <01> or their brethren <0251> come <0935> (8799) unto us to complain <07378> (8800), that we will say <0559> (8804) unto them, Be favourable <02603> (8798) unto them for our sakes: because we reserved <03947> (8804) not to each man <0376> his wife <0802> in the war <04421>: for ye did not give <05414> (8804) unto them at this time <06256>, [that] ye should be guilty <0816> (8799). {Be favourable...: or, Gratify us in them} |
21:23 | And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> did so <06213> (8799), and took <05375> (8799) [them] wives <0802>, according to their number <04557>, of them that danced <02342> (8789), whom they caught <01497> (8804): and they went <03212> (8799) and returned <07725> (8799) unto their inheritance <05159>, and repaired <01129> (8799) the cities <05892>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in them. |
21:24 | And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> departed <01980> (8691) thence at that time <06256>, every man <0376> to his tribe <07626> and to his family <04940>, and they went out <03318> (8799) from thence every man <0376> to his inheritance <05159>. |
21:25 | In those days <03117> [there was] no king <04428> in Israel <03478>: every man <0376> did <06213> (8799) [that which was] right <03477> in his own eyes <05869>. |