Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 men of Israel have
sworn in
Mizpeh
, saying, `None
of us doth
give his daughter to Benjamin
for
a wife
. '
So
the people came
to Bethel
and sat
there before God until
evening
, lifting
up their voices
and weeping bitterly.
And
the people come
in
to Beth-El,
and sit
there till
the
evening
before God, and
lift
up their voice,
and weep
--
a
great
weeping ,
“
Why, O LORD
God of Israel, ”
they
cried
out,
“has
this happened
in Israel ?
Today
in
Israel one tribe is
missing!”
and
say,
`
Why, O Jehovah,
God of Israel, hath
this been
in Israel --
to
be
lacking
to-day,
from
Israel ,
one tribe ?'
The next
day
the people got
up
early, built
an altar there
, and presented
burnt offerings and peace offerings.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
on
the morrow,
that
the people rise
early, and
build
there
an altar, and cause
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings and peace -
offerings.
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 sons
of Israel say,
`Who
`is'
he
that
hath
not come up
in
the assembly out
of
all
the tribes
of
Israel
unto
Jehovah
? '
for the
great
oath hath
been
concerning
him
who hath
not
come up unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpeh,
saying,
`He
is
surely put to death. '
And the Israelites
grieved
for
their brothers,
the
Benjamites
, and said
, “Today
a
tribe
is
cut off from Israel .
And the sons
of
Israel
repent
concerning
Benjamin
their brother
, and say
, `There
hath
been
to-day
cut off one
tribe
from Israel ,
What should
we do about
wives
for the
survivors
, since
we have sworn by the
LORD
not to give them our daughters in
marriage
? ”
what do
we do for them
--
for
those
who
are
left
--
for
wives
, and
we --
we
have sworn by Jehovah
not to give to
them of
our daughters for
wives
? '
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.
And
they say
, `Who
is
`that'
one out
of the tribes of Israel who
hath
not
come up unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpeh
? '
and lo
, none
hath
come
in unto
the
camp
from Jabesh-Gilead --
unto
the assembly.
For
when
the people were
counted
, none
of the residents
of Jabesh-gilead were
there
.
And
the people numbered
themselves
, and
lo,
there
is
not
there
a
man
of the inhabitants
of Jabesh-Gilead.
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
the company
send
there
twelve
thousand
men of
the
sons
of
valour,
and command
them ,
saying,
`
Go --
and ye
have
smitten
the inhabitants
of
Jabesh-Gilead by
the
mouth
of
the
sword
, even
the
women and the
infants
.
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
this `
is '
the
thing
which
ye
do ;
every male, and
every woman
knowing
the
lying
of
a male,
ye
devote
. '
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
they find
out
of
the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women ,
virgins,
who have
not known
man by
the
lying
of
a
male
, and they bring
them in
unto
the camp at Shiloh ,
which
`is'
in the land of Canaan.
Then
the whole
congregation
sent
a
message
of
peace
to
the Benjamites
who were
at
the rock of
Rimmon .
And
all
the company
send,
and
speak,
unto
the sons
of
Benjamin
who `are'
in
the rock Rimmon ,
and
proclaim
to
them
peace;
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 Benjamin
turneth
back
at that time ,
and they
give
to
them
the women whom
they
have
kept
alive
of
the
women
of
Jabesh-Gilead ,
and
they
have
not found
for `
all of '
them so
.
The people grieved
for
Benjamin, because
the
LORD
had made a void
in
the tribes of Israel.
And
the people repented
concerning
Benjamin, for
Jehovah
had made a breach
among
the tribes of Israel.
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
the elders of the company
say
, `
What do
we do to
the
remnant
for
wives --
for the women have been destroyed out
of
Benjamin
? '
They added
, “There
must
be
heirs
for
the
survivors
of Benjamin, so
that
a tribe of
Israel
will
not be
wiped
out .
And
they say
, `A
possession
of an
escaped
party
`is'
to
Benjamin, and
a tribe is
not blotted
out from
Israel;
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
we --
we
are
not
able
to
give to
them wives
out
of
our daughters ,
for the sons
of
Israel
have
sworn, saying,
Cursed `
is '
he who is
giving
a wife to Benjamin
. '
“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 say
, `Lo,
a festival
of
Jehovah
`is'
in Shiloh, from
time
to
time,
which `
is '
on
the
north of Beth-El,
at
the
rising
of the sun,
by
the
highway
which
is
going
up from Beth-El
to Shechem, and on
the
south of Lebonah. '
So
they commanded
the Benjamites:
“Go
, hide
in the vineyards
And
they command
the sons
of
Benjamin
, saying,
`Go
--
and
ye
have
laid
wait
in the vineyards ,
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 have
seen,
and
lo,
if
the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in
dances --
then
ye
have
gone
out from
the vineyards, and
caught
for you
each
his
wife out
of
the daughters of Shiloh, and gone
to the land of Benjamin ;
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
it
hath
been,
when their fathers or their
brethren
come in
to plead
unto
us, that
we have
said
unto
them, Favour
us `
by '
them, for
we have
not taken
`to'
each his
wife
in battle
, for
ye
--
ye
have not
given
to
them
at
this
time
`that'
ye
are
guilty
. '
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 sons
of Benjamin
do
so,
and
take
women according
to
their
number,
out
of
the dancers whom
they have
taken
violently
away;
and
they go,
and
turn
back unto
their inheritance, and
build
the
cities, and dwell
in them.
And at that time, each of
the
Israelites
returned
from
there
to his own
tribe and
clan
, each to his own
inheritance.
And the
sons
of
Israel
go
up
and
down
thence
at that time, each to his tribe, and
to
his
family;
and
they
go
out
thence
each to his inheritance.
In those days there was
no king in Israel; everyone
did
what
was
right in his own eyes.
In those days there is
no king in Israel; each
doth
that
which
is
right in his own eyes.
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