Verse 1

Judges 21:1

American Standard Version Byzantine Text

1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to 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."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 21 Context
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto...
2 And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God (Elohim), and lifted up their voi... Focus ↗
3 And they said, O Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there... Focus ↗
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered... Focus ↗
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the... Focus ↗
6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cu... Focus ↗
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not giv... Focus ↗
8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? An... Focus ↗
9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there... Focus ↗
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying,... Focus ↗
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that ha... Focus ↗
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known... Focus ↗
13 And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmo... Focus ↗
14 And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the wo... Focus ↗
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of I... Focus ↗
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the... Focus ↗
17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be n... Focus ↗
18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, C... Focus ↗
19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the nort... Focus ↗
20 And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, Focus ↗
21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out o... Focus ↗
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unt... Focus ↗
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that da... Focus ↗
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, a... Focus ↗
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Focus ↗