21:1 Now
the
men
of
Israel
had
sworn
in
Mizpah,
saying,
There
shall
not
any
of
us
give
his
daughter
unto
Benjamin
to
wife.
21:2 And
the
people
came
to
Beth-el,
and
sat
there
till
even
before
God,
and
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept
sore.
21:3 And
they
said,
O
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
why
is
this
come
to
pass
in
Israel,
that
there
should
be
to-day
one
tribe
lacking
in
Israel
21:4 And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
morrow,
that
the
people
rose
early,
and
built
there
an
altar,
and
offered
burnt-offerings
and
peace-offerings.
21:5 And
the
children
of
Israel
said,
Who
is
there
among
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
in
the
assembly
unto
Jehovah
For
they
had
made
a
great
oath
concerning
him
that
came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpah,
saying,
He
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
21:6 And
the
children
of
Israel
repented
them
for
Benjamin
their
brother,
and
said,
There
is
one
tribe
cut
off
from
Israel
this
day.
21:7 How
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain,
seeing
we
have
sworn
by
Jehovah
that
we
will
not
give
them
of
our
daughters
to
wives
21:8 And
they
said,
What
one
is
there
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
unto
Jehovah
to
Mizpah
And,
behold,
there
came
none
to
the
camp
from
Jabesh-gilead
to
the
assembly.
21:9 For
when
the
people
were
numbered,
behold,
there
were
none
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
there.
21:10 And
the
congregation
sent
thither
twelve
thousand
men
of
the
valiantest,
and
commanded
them,
saying,
Go
and
smite
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
the
women
and
the
little
ones.
21:11 And
this
is
the
thing
that
ye
shall
do:
ye
shall
utterly
destroy
every
male,
and
every
woman
that
hath
lain
by
man.
21:12 And
they
found
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh-gilead
four
hundred
young
virgins,
that
had
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him;
and
they
brought
them
unto
the
camp
to
Shiloh,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
21:13 And
the
whole
congregation
sent
and
spake
to
the
children
of
Benjamin
that
were
in
the
rock
of
Rimmon,
and
proclaimed
peace
unto
them.
21:14 And
Benjamin
returned
at
that
time;
and
they
gave
them
the
women
whom
they
had
saved
alive
of
the
women
of
Jabesh-gilead:
and
yet
so
they
sufficed
them
not.
21:15 And
the
people
repented
them
for
Benjamin,
because
that
Jehovah
had
made
a
breach
in
the
tribes
of
Israel.
21:16 Then
the
elders
of
the
congregation
said,
How
shall
we
do
for
wives
for
them
that
remain,
seeing
the
women
are
destroyed
out
of
Benjamin
21:17 And
they
said,
There
must
be
an
inheritance
for
them
that
are
escaped
of
Benjamin,
that
a
tribe
be
not
blotted
out
from
Israel.
21:18 Howbeit
we
may
not
give
them
wives
of
our
daughters,
for
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn,
saying,
Cursed
be
he
that
giveth
a
wife
to
Benjamin.
21:19 And
they
said,
Behold,
there
is
a
feast
of
Jehovah
from
year
to
year
in
Shiloh,
which
is
on
the
north
of
Beth-el,
on
the
east
side
of
the
highway
that
goeth
up
from
Beth-el
to
Shechem,
and
on
the
south
of
Lebonah.
21:20 And
they
commanded
the
children
of
Benjamin,
saying,
Go
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
vineyards,
21:21 and
see,
and,
behold,
if
the
daughters
of
Shiloh
come
out
to
dance
in
the
dances,
then
come
ye
out
of
the
vineyards,
and
catch
you
every
man
his
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Shiloh,
and
go
to
the
land
of
Benjamin.
21:22 And
it
shall
be,
when
their
fathers
or
their
brethren
come
to
complain
unto
us,
that
we
will
say
unto
them,
Grant
them
graciously
unto
us,
because
we
took
not
for
each
man
[of
them]
his
wife
in
battle,
neither
did
ye
give
them
unto
them,
else
would
ye
now
be
guilty.
21:23 And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did
so,
and
took
them
wives,
according
to
their
number,
of
them
that
danced,
whom
they
carried
off:
and
they
went
and
returned
unto
their
inheritance,
and
built
the
cities,
and
dwelt
in
them.
21:24 And
the
children
of
Israel
departed
thence
at
that
time,
every
man
to
his
tribe
and
to
his
family,
and
they
went
out
from
thence
every
man
to
his
inheritance.
21:25 In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel:
every
man
did
that
which
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
