Verse 2
Judges 21:2
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And they all came to the house of God (Elohim) in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֤א הָ/עָם֙ בֵּֽית אֵ֔ל וַ/יֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ עַד הָ/עֶ֔רֶב לִ/פְנֵ֖י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יִּשְׂא֣וּ קוֹלָ֔/ם וַ/יִּבְכּ֖וּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל
English Translation
And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they raised their voices and wept with a loud weeping.
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Chapter 21 Context
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Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters...
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And they all came to the house of God (Elohim) in Silo, and abiding before him till the evening, lif...
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O Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one...
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And rising early the next day, they built an altar: and offered there holocausts, and victims of pea...
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Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had...
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And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One...
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7
Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.
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Therefore they said: Who is thereof all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha...
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(At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there.)
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10
So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabi...
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11
And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, b...
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12
And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and...
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13
And they sent messengers to the children of Benjamin, that were in the rock Remmon, and commanded th...
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And the children of Benjamin came at that time, and wives were given them of the daughters of Jabes...
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15
And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.
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And the ancients said: What shall we do with the rest, that have not received wives? for all the wom...
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And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of I...
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18
For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we sa...
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19
So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is sit...
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20
And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,
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21
And when you shall see the daughters of Silo come out, as the custom is, to dance, come ye on a sudd...
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22
And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and t...
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And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they ca...
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The children of Israel also returned by their tribes, and families, to their dwellings. In those day...
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