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| [1]Now the menH376 of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650[H8738] in MizpehH4709, sayingH559[H8800], There shall not anyH376 of us giveH5414[H8799] his daughterH1323 unto BenjaminH1144 to wifeH802. |
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| [2]And the peopleH5971 cameH935[H8799] to the houseH1004 of GodH430[H8677][H1008], and abodeH3427[H8799] there till evenH6153 beforeH6440 GodH430, and lifted upH5375[H8799] their voicesH6963, and weptH1058[H8799][H1065] soreH1419; |
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| [3]And saidH559[H8799], O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, why is this come to pass in IsraelH3478, that there should be to dayH3117 oneH259 tribeH7626 lackingH6485[H8736] in IsraelH3478? |
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| [4]And it came to pass on the morrowH4283, that the peopleH5971 rose earlyH7925[H8686], and builtH1129[H8799] there an altarH4196, and offeredH5927[H8686] burnt offeringsH5930 and peace offeringsH8002. |
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| [5]And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 saidH559[H8799], Who is there among all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 thatH834 cameH5927[H8804] not up with the congregationH6951 unto the LORDH3068? For they had made a greatH1419 oathH7621 concerning him that came not upH5927[H8804] to the LORDH3068 to MizpehH4709, sayingH559[H8800], He shall surelyH4191[H8800] be put to deathH4191.[H8714] |
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| [6]And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 repentedH5162[H8735] them for BenjaminH1144 their brotherH251, and saidH559[H8799], There is oneH259 tribeH7626 cut offH1438[H8738] from IsraelH3478 this dayH3117. |
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| [7]How shall we doH6213[H8799] for wivesH802 for them that remainH3498[H8737], seeing we have swornH7650[H8738] by the LORDH3068 that we will not giveH5414[H8800] them of our daughtersH1323 to wivesH802? |
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| [8]And they saidH559[H8799], What oneH259 is there of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 that came not upH5927[H8804] to MizpehH4709 to the LORDH3068? And, behold, there cameH935[H8804] noneH376 to the campH4264 from JabeshgileadH3003[H1568] to the assemblyH6951. |
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| [9]For the peopleH5971 were numberedH6485[H8691], and, behold, there were noneH376 of the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of JabeshgileadH3003 thereH1568. |
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| [10]And the congregationH5712 sentH7971[H8799] thither twelveH8147[H6240] thousandH505 menH376 of the valiantestH1121[H2428], and commandedH6680[H8762] them, sayingH559[H8800], GoH3212[H8798] and smiteH5221[H8689] the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of JabeshgileadH3003[H1568] with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719, with the womenH802 and the childrenH2945. |
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| [11]And this is the thingH1697 that ye shall doH6213[H8799], Ye shall utterly destroyH2763[H8686] every maleH2145, and every womanH802 that hath lainH4904 by manH3045.[H8802] |
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| [12]And they foundH4672[H8799] among the inhabitantsH3427[H8802] of JabeshgileadH3003[H1568] fourH702 hundredH3967 youngH5291 virginsH1330, that had knownH3045[H8804] no manH376 by lyingH4904 with any maleH2145: and they broughtH935[H8686] them unto the campH4264 to ShilohH7887, which is in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. |
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| [13]And the whole congregationH5712 sentH7971[H8799] some to speakH1696[H8762] to the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 that were in the rockH5553 RimmonH7417, and to callH7121[H8799] peaceably unto themH7965. |
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| [14]And BenjaminH1144 came againH7725[H8799] at that timeH6256; and they gaveH5414[H8799] them wivesH802 which they had saved aliveH2421[H8765] of the womenH802 of JabeshgileadH3003[H1568]: and yet so they sufficedH4672 them notH8804. |
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| [15]And the peopleH5971 repentedH5162[H8737] them for BenjaminH1144, because that the LORDH3068 had madeH6213[H8804] a breachH6556 in the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478. |
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| [16]Then the eldersH2205 of the congregationH5712 saidH559[H8799], How shall we doH6213[H8799] for wivesH802 for them that remainH3498[H8737], seeing the womenH802 are destroyedH8045[H8738] out of BenjaminH1144? |
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| [17]And they saidH559[H8799], There must be an inheritanceH3425 for them that be escapedH6413 of BenjaminH1144, that a tribeH7626 be not destroyedH4229[H8735] out of IsraelH3478. |
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| [18]Howbeit we mayH3201[H8799] not giveH5414[H8800] them wivesH802 of our daughtersH1323: for the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 have swornH7650[H8738], sayingH559[H8800], CursedH779[H8803] be he that givethH5414[H8802] a wifeH802 to BenjaminH1144. |
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| [19]Then they saidH559[H8799], Behold, there is a feastH2282 of the LORDH3068 in ShilohH7887 yearlyH3117[H3117] in a place which is on the north sideH6828 of BethelH1008, on the east sideH4217[H8121] of the highwayH4546 that goeth upH5927[H8802] from BethelH1008 to ShechemH7927, and on the southH5045 of LebonahH3829. |
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| [20]Therefore they commandedH6680[H8762] the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559[H8800], GoH3212[H8798] and lie in waitH693[H8804] in the vineyardsH3754; |
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| [21]And seeH7200[H8804], and, behold, if the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887 come outH3318[H8799] to danceH2342[H8800] in dancesH4246, then come ye outH3318[H8804] of the vineyardsH3754, and catchH2414[H8804] you every manH376 his wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887, and goH1980[H8804] to the landH776 of BenjaminH1144. |
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| [22]And it shall be, when their fathersH1 or their brethrenH251 comeH935[H8799] unto us to complainH7378[H8800], that we will sayH559[H8804] unto them, Be favourableH2603[H8798] unto them for our sakes: because we reservedH3947[H8804] not to each manH376 his wifeH802 in the warH4421: for ye did not giveH5414[H8804] unto them at this timeH6256, that ye should be guiltyH816.[H8799] |
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| [23]And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 did soH6213[H8799], and tookH5375[H8799] them wivesH802, according to their numberH4557, of them that dancedH2342[H8789], whom they caughtH1497[H8804]: and they wentH3212[H8799] and returnedH7725[H8799] unto their inheritanceH5159, and repairedH1129[H8799] the citiesH5892, and dweltH3427 in themH8799. |
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| [24]And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 departedH1980[H8691] thence at that timeH6256, every manH376 to his tribeH7626 and to his familyH4940, and they went outH3318[H8799] from thence every manH376 to his inheritanceH5159. |
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| [25]In those daysH3117 there was no kingH4428 in IsraelH3478: every manH376 didH6213[H8799] that which was rightH3477 in his own eyesH5869. |
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