Verse 23
Judges 21:23
New King James Version
23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took
them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the 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
1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto...
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2
And the people came to the house of God (Elohim), and abode there till even before God (Elohim), and...
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3
And said, O LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to...
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4
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered...
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5
And the children of Israel said, Who
is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with t...
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6
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cu...
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7
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not gi...
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8
And they said, What one
is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And...
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9
For the people were numbered, and, behold,
there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there...
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10
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying,...
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11
And this
is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that ha...
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12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no...
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13
And the whole congregation sent
some to speak to the children of Benjamin that
were in the rock Rimm...
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14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the wom...
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15
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of...
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16
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the...
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17
And they said,
There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be no...
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18
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying,...
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19
Then they said, Behold,
there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly
in a place which
is on the nor...
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20
Therefore 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 dances, then come ye out of th...
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22
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unt...
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23
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took
them wives, according to their number, of them that da...
24
And the children of Israel departed thence 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: every man did
that which was right in his own eyes.
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