Verse 20
Judges 21:20
Bible in Basic English
20
And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
Original Language Text
hebrew
ו/יצו וַ/יְצַוּ֕וּ אֶת בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לְכ֖וּ וַ/אֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם בַּ/כְּרָמִֽים
English Translation
And he commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a...
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And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God (Elohim), and gave themselves...
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3
And they said, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one...
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4
Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings an...
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5
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to...
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6
And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe...
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7
What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord...
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8
And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was s...
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9
For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
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10
So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, G...
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11
And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, yo...
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12
Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex re...
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13
And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
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14
Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women...
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15
And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tr...
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16
Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, se...
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17
And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not...
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18
Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oat...
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19
And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth...
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20
And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
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And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the...
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22
And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to...
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23
So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking...
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24
Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man w...
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
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