Verse 1

Judges 21:1

Young's Literal Translation

1 And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, 'None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִשְׁבַּ֥ע בַּ/מִּצְפָּ֖ה לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔/נּוּ לֹא יִתֵּ֥ן בִּתּ֛/וֹ לְ/בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

English Translation

And a man of Israel swore at Mizpah, saying, "No one among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife."

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Chapter 21 Context

1 And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, 'None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin f...

2 And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God (Elohim), and lift up t... Focus ↗

3 and say, 'Why, O Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day,... Focus ↗

4 And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause... Focus ↗

5 And the sons of Israel say, 'Who [is] he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes... Focus ↗

6 And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cu... Focus ↗

7 what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah no... Focus ↗

8 And they say, 'Who is [that] one out of the tribes of Israel who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mi... Focus ↗

9 And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gi... Focus ↗

10 And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, 'Go... Focus ↗

11 And this [is] the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye dev... Focus ↗

12 And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have no... Focus ↗

13 And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who [are] in the rock Rimmon, and pro... Focus ↗

14 and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of... Focus ↗

15 And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israe... Focus ↗

16 And the elders of the company say, 'What do we do to the remnant for wives -- for the women have bee... Focus ↗

17 And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out fro... Focus ↗

18 and we -- we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sw... Focus ↗

19 And they say, 'Lo, a festival of Jehovah [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north... Focus ↗

20 And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go -- and ye have laid wait in the vineyards, Focus ↗

21 and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances -- then ye have gone o... Focus ↗

22 and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said u... Focus ↗

23 And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom th... Focus ↗

24 And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and... Focus ↗

25 In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes. Focus ↗

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