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Now the men of Israel had sworn in
Mizpah, saying, There
shall
not any
of us give his daughter unto
Benjamin
to wife
.
Now the men of Israel had sworn an
oath
at
Mizpah, saying, “
Not one
of us will
give his daughter in
marriage
to a
Benjamite
. ”
And
the people came to Beth-el,
and sat there till
even
before God, and
lifted
up their voices ,
and wept
sore
.
So
the people came to Bethel
and sat there before God until
evening
, lifting
up their voices and weeping
bitterly
.
And
they
said
, O Jehovah,
the
God of Israel, why
is
this come
to
pass
in Israel ,
that
there
should
be
to-day
one
tribe
lacking
in Israel ?
“Why
, O LORD
God of Israel, ”
they
cried
out,
“has
this happened
in Israel ?
Today
in Israel one
tribe
is
missing!”
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.
The next
day
the people got
up
early, built an altar there
, and presented
burnt offerings and peace offerings.
And
the children
of
Israel
said
, Who is
there
among all the tribes of Israel that
came
not up
in
the assembly unto
Jehovah
? For they had made
a great
oath concerning
him
that came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to Mizpah ,
saying,
He
shall
surely be put to death.
The Israelites
asked
, “
Who among all the tribes of Israel did
not come
to
the assembly before
the
LORD
? ”
For they had taken
a solemn
oath that anyone
who
failed
to come
up
before
the
LORD
at
Mizpah would
surely be put to death.
And the children
of
Israel
repented
them
for Benjamin
their brother
, and said, There
is
one
tribe cut off from Israel this
day
.
And the Israelites
grieved
for their brothers
, the
Benjamites,
and said, “Today
a
tribe is
cut off from Israel.
How
shall
we do for
wives for them
that
remain
, seeing
we have sworn by Jehovah
that
we
will
not give them of
our daughters to
wives
?
What
should
we do about
wives for the
survivors
, since
we have sworn by the
LORD
not to
give them our daughters in
marriage
? ”
And
they said
, What
one is
there
of the tribes of Israel that
came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to Mizpah? And, behold
, there
came
none
to
the
camp
from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
So
they asked
, “Which
one of the tribes of Israel failed
to come
up
before
the
LORD
at
Mizpah? ”
And, in
fact
, no
one
from Jabesh-gilead had
come
to the camp
for
the
assembly.
For when the people were numbered,
behold
, there
were
none of the inhabitants
of Jabesh-gilead there.
For when the people were counted
, none of the residents
of Jabesh-gilead were
there.
And
the congregation sent thither
twelve
thousand
men
of
the
valiantest
, and commanded them ,
saying,
Go and smite
the inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead with
the
edge
of
the
sword
, with
the
women and the
little
ones
.
So
the congregation sent 12
, 000
of
their
most
valiant
men
and commanded them :
“
Go and put
to
the sword
those
living
in
Jabesh-gilead, including
women and children
.
And
this is the
thing
that
ye
shall
do: ye
shall
utterly
destroy
every male, and
every woman
that
hath
lain
by
man.
This is what
you
are
to
do: Devote
to
destruction
every male, as
well
as
every female
who
has
had
relations
with
a
man. ”
And
they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins,
that
had not known
man
by
lying
with him;
and they brought them unto
the camp to
Shiloh ,
which
is
in the land of Canaan.
So
they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women
who
had not had
relations
with a
man,
and they brought them to
the camp at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
And
the whole congregation sent and
spake
to the children
of
Benjamin
that
were in
the rock of Rimmon ,
and
proclaimed
peace
unto
them
.
Then
the whole congregation sent a
message
of
peace
to the Benjamites
who
were at
the rock of Rimmon.
And Benjamin
returned
at that time ;
and
they
gave
them
the women
whom
they
had
saved
alive
of
the women of
Jabesh-gilead :
and
yet
so
they
sufficed
them
not.
And at that time the Benjamites
returned
and
were
given
the women who
were
spared
from
Jabesh-gilead .
But
there
were
not enough
women
for
all
of
them
.
And
the people repented
them
for Benjamin, because that
Jehovah
had made a breach
in the tribes of Israel.
The people grieved
for Benjamin, because the
LORD
had made a void
in the tribes of Israel.
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?
Then the elders of the congregation said, “What
should
we do about
wives for those
who
remain, since
the women of Benjamin have
been
destroyed
? ”
And
they said
, There must be an
inheritance
for them
that
are
escaped
of Benjamin, that a tribe be
not blotted
out from
Israel
.
They added
, “
There must be heirs
for the
survivors
of Benjamin, so
that a tribe of
Israel
will
not be
wiped
out.
Howbeit
we may
not
give them wives
of
our daughters ,
for the children
of
Israel
had sworn, saying,
Cursed be
he that
giveth
a wife to Benjamin
.
But
we cannot
give them our daughters as
wives.”
For the Israelites
had sworn, “
Cursed is
he who
gives
a wife to a
Benjamite
. ”
And
they said, Behold,
there is a feast of
Jehovah
from
year
to year
in Shiloh, which is on
the
north of Beth-el,
on
the
east side
of the highway
that goeth
up from Beth-el
to Shechem, and on
the
south of Lebonah.
“But
look,”
they said, “
there is a yearly
feast to the
LORD
in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel
east of the road
that goes
up from Bethel
to Shechem, and south of Lebonah. ”
And
they commanded the children
of
Benjamin,
saying,
Go and
lie
in
wait
in the vineyards ,
So
they commanded the Benjamites:
“
Go ,
hide
in the vineyards
and see ,
and,
behold,
if
the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in
the
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.
and watch.
When
you
see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform
their
dances, each
of
you
is
to
come out of the vineyards, catch for
himself
a
wife from
the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
And
it
shall
be,
when their fathers or their
brethren
come to complain
unto
us, that
we will say
unto
them, Grant
them
graciously
unto
us, because
we took
not for each man
`
of them '
his
wife
in battle,
neither
did ye
give them unto
them
, else
would
ye
now
be
guilty
.
When their fathers or brothers
come to us to
complain
, we will tell
them, ‘Do
us a
favor
by
helping
them
, since
we did
not get
wives
for each of them in the
war.
Since
you
did not
actually
give them your
daughters
, you
have
no
guilt
. ’”
And
the children
of
Benjamin
did so,
and took
them
wives,
according
to
their
number ,
of them
that
danced,
whom
they carried
off:
and
they went and
returned
unto
their inheritance, and
built
the
cities, and dwelt
in them.
The Benjamites
did as
instructed
and carried
away
the
number of women
they needed
from
the
dancers
they caught.
They
went back
to
their own
inheritance, rebuilt
their
cities, and settled
in them.
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.
And at that time, each
of
the
Israelites
returned
from
there
to his own
tribe and clan
, each
to his own
inheritance.
In those days there was no king in Israel :
every
man
did that
which
was right in his own eyes.
In those days there was no king in Israel ;
everyone
did what
was right in his own eyes.
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