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King James Version
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Now the men of Israel had sworn in
Mizpeh
, 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 the
house
of
God,
and abode
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
said
, O LORD 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
with
the congregation
unto
the LORD? For they had made
a great
oath concerning
him
that came
not
up
to the LORD to
Mizpeh,
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 the LORD 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
to
Mizpeh
to the LORD? And, behold
, there
came
none
to the camp from
Jabeshgilead
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 the people were numbered,
and,
behold
, there
were
none of the inhabitants
of Jabeshgilead
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
Jabeshgilead
with
the
edge
of
the sword, with
the
women and the
children.
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 Jabeshgilead
four hundred young virgins,
that
had known
no
man
by
lying
with any
male:
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 some
to
speak
to the children
of
Benjamin
that
were in
the rock Rimmon ,
and
to
call
peaceably
unto
them
.
Then
the whole congregation sent a
message
of
peace
to the Benjamites
who
were at
the rock of
Rimmon.
And Benjamin
came
again
at that time ;
and they
gave
them
wives
which
they
had
saved
alive
of
the women of Jabeshgilead:
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
the LORD 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
be
escaped
of Benjamin, that a tribe be
not
destroyed
out
of 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
have
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
. ”
Then
they said, Behold,
there is a feast of
the LORD in Shiloh yearly
in
a
place
which is on
the
north side
of Bethel ,
on
the
east side
of the highway
that goeth
up from Bethel 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. ”
Therefore
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
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 unto
us to complain, that
we will say
unto
them, Be
favorable
unto
them for
our
sakes:
because
we reserved
not to
each man
his
wife
in the war :
for
ye
did not give unto
them at
this
time
, that
ye
should
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 caught :
and
they went and
returned
unto
their inheritance, and
repaired
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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