My LORD’s BibleJudges 21
1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
וְאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבַּע בַּמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ לֹא־יִתֵּן בִּתֹּו לְבִנְיָמִן לְאִשָּׁה׃ (3632)
See also: Judges 20:1, Judges 21:18, Judges 21:7, Judges 21:22, Acts 23:12, Judges 20:8, Ecclesiastes 5:2, Jeremiah 40:6, Mark 6:23, Deuteronomy 7:2-3, Judges 11:30-31, Judges 11:35, Judges 20:10, Judges 21:5, 1 Samuel 14:24, 1 Samuel 14:28-29, Jeremiah 4:2, Matthew 14:9, Romans 10:2, Exodus 34:12-16
2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
וַיָּבֹא הָעָם בֵּית־אֵל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם עַד־הָעֶרֶב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּשְׂאוּ קֹולָם וַיִּבְכּוּ בְּכִי גָדֹול׃ (2471)
See also: 1 Samuel 1:10, Judges 20:26, 1 Samuel 11:4, Judges 20:18, 1 Samuel 30:4, Genesis 27:38, Numbers 11:18, Joshua 7:6, Joshua 18:1, Judges 2:4, Judges 20:23, Judges 21:12
3And 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?
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָמָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיְתָה זֹאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהִפָּקֵד הַיֹּום מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד׃ (3507)
See also: Psalms 80:12, Jeremiah 12:1, Deuteronomy 29:24, Joshua 7:7-9, Judges 17:6, Psalms 74:1, Proverbs 19:3, Isaiah 63:17
4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ הָעָם וַיִּבְנוּ־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלֹות וּשְׁלָמִים׃ (2751)
See also: 2 Samuel 24:25, Judges 6:24, 1 Samuel 6:14, 1 Samuel 14:35, Exodus 20:24-25, Leviticus 3:1, Judges 6:26, 1 Samuel 7:17, 2 Samuel 24:18, 1 Kings 8:64, 1 Kings 18:32, Psalms 78:34-35, Hosea 5:15, Hebrews 13:10
5And 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.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה בַקָּהָל מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדֹולָה הָיְתָה לַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר מֹות יוּמָת׃ (5707)
See also: Judges 5:23, Judges 20:1, Judges 21:10, Jeremiah 48:10, Leviticus 27:28-29, Joshua 11:3, Joshua 15:38, Judges 20:8, Judges 21:1, Judges 21:18, 1 Samuel 11:7, Ezra 10:8
6And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
וַיִּנָּחֲמוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־בִּנְיָמִן אָחִיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ נִגְדַּע הַיֹּום שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2287)
See also: Judges 21:15, Judges 11:35, Judges 20:23, 2 Samuel 2:26, Psalms 68:27, Hosea 11:8, Luke 19:41-42
7How 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?
מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לַנֹּותָרִים לְנָשִׁים וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ בַיהוָה לְבִלְתִּי תֵּת־לָהֶם מִבְּנֹותֵינוּ לְנָשִׁים׃ (4679)
See also: Judges 21:1, Leviticus 5:4, Judges 21:18, Judges 21:22, 1 Samuel 14:28-29, 1 Samuel 14:45, Matthew 14:9
8And 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.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִי אֶחָד מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּה וְהִנֵּה לֹא בָא־אִישׁ אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה מִיָּבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אֶל־הַקָּהָל׃ (3332)
9For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
וַיִּתְפָּקֵד הָעָם וְהִנֵּה אֵין־שָׁם אִישׁ מִיֹּושְׁבֵי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד׃ (2280)
See also: Judges 5:23
10And 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.
וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־שָׁם הָעֵדָה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָיִל וַיְצַוּוּ אֹותָם לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וְהִכִּיתֶם אֶת־יֹושְׁבֵי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד לְפִי־חֶרֶב וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּף׃ (5693)
See also: Judges 5:23, Judges 21:5, 1 Samuel 11:7, Deuteronomy 13:15, Joshua 7:24, 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 15:3
11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּל־זָכָר וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר תַּחֲרִימוּ׃ (3882)
12And 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.
וַיִּמְצְאוּ מִיֹּושְׁבֵי ׀ יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אַרְבַּע מֵאֹות נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעָה אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר וַיָּבִיאוּ אֹותָם אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן׃ (5929)
See also: Joshua 18:1, Psalms 78:60, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:23, Judges 21:2, Judges 21:14, Jeremiah 7:12, Jeremiah 7:5
13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲשֶׁר בְּסֶלַע רִמֹּון וַיִּקְרְאוּ לָהֶם שָׁלֹום׃ (2700)
See also: Deuteronomy 20:10, Judges 20:47, Judges 20:45, Joshua 15:32, Isaiah 57:19, Zechariah 14:10, Luke 10:5, Ephesians 2:17
14And 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.
וַיָּשָׁב בִּנְיָמִן בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר חִיּוּ מִנְּשֵׁי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וְלֹא־מָצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּן׃ (3578)
15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
וְהָעָם נִחָם לְבִנְיָמִן כִּי־עָשָׂה יְהוָה פֶּרֶץ בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2066)
See also: Judges 21:6, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Judges 21:17, 1 Chronicles 13:11, Isaiah 30:13, Isaiah 58:12
16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
וַיֹּאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַנֹּותָרִים לְנָשִׁים כִּי־נִשְׁמְדָה מִבִּנְיָמִן אִשָּׁה׃ (3077)
17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְרֻשַּׁת פְּלֵיטָה לְבִנְיָמִן וְלֹא־יִמָּחֶה שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃ (2481)
18Howbeit 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.
וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נוּכַל לָתֵת־לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִבְּנֹותֵינוּ כִּי־נִשְׁבְּעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אָרוּר נֹתֵן אִשָּׁה לְבִנְיָמִן׃ (4854)
See also: Judges 21:1, Judges 21:22, Judges 11:35, Leviticus 5:4, Judges 21:5, Judges 21:7, Matthew 26:74, Leviticus 27:28
19Then 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.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֵּה חַג־יְהוָה בְּשִׁלֹו מִיָּמִים ׀ יָמִימָה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפֹונָה לְבֵית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבֹונָה׃ (4440)
See also: Exodus 23:14-16, Joshua 18:1, Joshua 19:51, 2 Samuel 20:13, Psalms 81:3, Leviticus 23:2, Leviticus 23:4, Leviticus 23:6, Leviticus 23:10, Leviticus 23:34, Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:16, Numbers 28:26, Numbers 29:12, Deuteronomy 16:1, Deuteronomy 16:10, Deuteronomy 16:13, Judges 18:31, 1 Samuel 1:3, John 5:1
20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
[וַיְצַו כ] (וַיְצַוּוּ ק) אֶת־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וַאֲרַבְתֶּם בַּכְּרָמִים׃ (2253)
21And 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.
וּרְאִיתֶם וְהִנֵּה אִם־יֵצְאוּ בְנֹות־שִׁילֹו לָחוּל בַּמְּחֹלֹות וִיצָאתֶם מִן־הַכְּרָמִים וַחֲטַפְתֶּם לָכֶם אִישׁ אִשְׁתֹּו מִבְּנֹות שִׁילֹו וַהֲלַכְתֶּם אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִן׃ (6626)
See also: Exodus 15:20, Judges 11:34, Jeremiah 31:13, 2 Samuel 6:21, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 150:4, Luke 17:25, Joshua 19:51, Judges 18:31, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:14, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Song of Solomon 6:13, Matthew 10:17
22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable 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.
וְהָיָה כִּי־יָבֹאוּ אֲבֹותָם אֹו אֲחֵיהֶם [לָרֹוב כ] (לָרִיב ׀ ק) אֵלֵינוּ וְאָמַרְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם חָנּוּנוּ אֹותָם כִּי לֹא לָקַחְנוּ אִישׁ אִשְׁתֹּו בַּמִּלְחָמָה כִּי לֹא אַתֶּם נְתַתֶּם לָהֶם כָּעֵת תֶּאְשָׁמוּ׃ (6350)
See also: Judges 21:1, Judges 21:18, Mark 10:6-8, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 7:13, Judges 21:7, Judges 21:14, Proverbs 20:25, 1 Corinthians 7:2, Philemon 1:9-12
23And 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.
וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיִּשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים לְמִסְפָּרָם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְלֹות אֲשֶׁר גָּזָלוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל־נַחֲלָתָם וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת־הֶעָרִים וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בָּהֶם׃ (5137)
See also: Judges 20:48
24And 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.
וַיִּתְהַלְּכוּ מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּעֵת הַהִיא אִישׁ לְשִׁבְטֹו וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתֹּו וַיֵּצְאוּ מִשָּׁם אִישׁ לְנַחֲלָתֹו׃ (4809)
See also: 1 Kings 22:36
25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶׂה׃ (2205)
See also: Deuteronomy 12:8, Judges 17:6, Proverbs 3:5, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Proverbs 14:12, Judges 18:1, Judges 19:1, Micah 2:1-2, Psalms 12:4