Verse 23
Judges 21:23
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And the children of Benjamin did, as they had been commanded: and according to their number, they carried off for themselves every man his wife of them that were dancing: and they went into their possession and built up their cities, and dwelt in them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂוּ כֵן֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשִׁים֙ לְ/מִסְפָּרָ֔/ם מִן הַ/מְּחֹלְל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּזָ֑לוּ וַ/יֵּלְכ֗וּ וַ/יָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ אֶל נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔/ם וַ/יִּבְנוּ֙ אֶת הֶ֣/עָרִ֔ים וַ/יֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּ/הֶֽם
English Translation
And the sons of Benjamin did so, and they took wives for themselves from the number of the dancers whom they had seized, and they went and returned to their inheritance and built the cities and dwelled in them.
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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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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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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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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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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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So they took counsel, and said: Behold there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord in Silo, which is sit...
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And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,
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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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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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