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Judges 21:1-4

1NowthemenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478hadswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650inMizpahבַּמִּצְפָּ֖הba.mitz.PahH4709,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Thereshallnotanyofusgiveיִתֵּ֥ןyi.TenH5414hisdaughterבִּתּ֛וֹbi.ToH1323untoBenjaminלְבִנְיָמִ֖ןle.vin.ya.MinH1144towifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

2Andthepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971cameH935toBeth-el,andsatH3427theretillevenbeforeGodהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andliftedוַיִּשְׂא֣וּvai.yis.'UH5375uptheirvoicesקוֹלָ֔םko.LamH6963,andweptוַיִּבְכּ֖וּvai.yiv.KuH1058sore.

3AndtheysaidH559,OJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whyלָמָ֗הla.MahH4100isthiscometopassinIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thatthereshouldbeH1961to-dayoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259tribeשֵׁ֥בֶטShe.vetH7626lackinginIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478?

4Anditcametopassonthemorrow,thatthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971roseH7925earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּvai.yash.Ki.muH7925,andbuiltH1129thereanaltarמִזְבֵּ֑חַmiz.Be.achH4196,andofferedוַיַּעֲל֥וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927burnt-offeringsandpeace-offerings.

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