Verse 15
Judges 21:15
World English Bible, British Edition
15
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach
in the tribes of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/עָ֥ם נִחָ֖ם לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּֽי עָשָׂ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה פֶּ֖רֶץ בְּ/שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And the people repented for Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give
his daughter to Benjamin as...
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2
The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God (Elohim), and
lifted up their voice...
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3
They said, “The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, why has this happened in Israel,
that there should...
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4
On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there,
and offered burnt offerings and pea...
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5
The children of Israel said, “Who is there amongst all the tribes of
Israel who didn’t come up in th...
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6
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said,
“There is one tribe cut off fro...
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7
How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn
by the LORD that we will not gi...
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8
They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come
up to the LORD to Mizpah?” Beh...
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9
For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants
of Jabesh Gilead there.
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10
The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there,
and commanded them, saying, “Go...
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11
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every
male, and every woman who has l...
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12
They found amongst the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young
virgins who had not known man...
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13
The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin
who were in the rock of Rimmon, an...
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14
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they
had saved alive of the women...
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15
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach
in the tribes of Israel.
16
Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives
for those who remain, since th...
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17
They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped
of Benjamin, that a tribe not be...
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18
However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children
of Israel had sworn, saying,...
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19
They said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year
in Shiloh, which is on the north...
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20
They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait
in the vineyards,
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21
and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in
the dances, then come out of th...
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22
It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain
to us, that we will say to them,...
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23
The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves
according to their number, of those w...
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24
The children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man
to his tribe and to his family, a...
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25
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which
was right in his own eyes.
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