Judges 21:1-15

1Now the menH376 of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650 in MizpahH4709, sayingH559, There shall not any of us giveH5414 his daughterH1323 unto BenjaminH1144 to wifeH802. 2And the peopleH5971 cameH935 to Beth-el, and satH3427 there till even before GodH430, and liftedH5375 up their voicesH6963, and weptH1058 sore. 3And they saidH559, O Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, whyH4100 is this come to pass in IsraelH3478, that there should beH1961 to-day oneH259 tribeH7626 lacking in IsraelH3478? 4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the peopleH5971 roseH7925 earlyH7925, and builtH1129 there an altarH4196, and offeredH5927 burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. 5And the children of IsraelH3478 saidH559, Who is there among all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 that came not up in the assemblyH6951 unto Jehovah? For they had made a greatH1419 oathH7621 concerningH413 him that came not up unto Jehovah to MizpahH4709, sayingH559, He shall surely beH1961 putH4191 to deathH4191. 6And the children of IsraelH3478 repentedH5162 them for BenjaminH1144 their brotherH251, and saidH559, There is oneH259 tribeH7626 cutH1438 off from IsraelH3478 this dayH3117. 7HowH4100 shall we do for wivesH802 for them that remainH3498, seeing we have swornH7650 by Jehovah that we will not giveH5414 them of our daughtersH1323 to wivesH802?

8And they saidH559, What oneH259 is there of the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 that cameH935 not up unto Jehovah to MizpahH4709? And, behold, there cameH935 none to the campH4264 from Jabesh-gilead to the assemblyH6951. 9For when the peopleH5971 were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitantsH3427 of Jabesh-gilead there. 10And the congregationH5712 sentH7971 thither twelve thousandH505 menH376 of the valiantest, and commandedH6680 them, sayingH559, GoH7971 and smite the inhabitantsH3427 of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the swordH2719, with the womenH802 and the littleH2945 onesH2945. 11And this is the thingH1697 that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroyH2763 every maleH2145, and every womanH802 that hath lain by man. 12And they foundH4672 among the inhabitantsH3427 of Jabesh-gilead fourH702 hundredH3967 youngH5291 virginsH1330, that had not knownH3045 manH376 by lying with him; and they broughtH935 them unto the campH4264 to ShilohH7887, which is in the landH776 of CanaanH3667.

13And the whole congregationH5712 sentH7971 and spake to the children of BenjaminH1144 that were in the rockH5553 of RimmonH7417, and proclaimedH7121 peaceH7965 unto them. 14And BenjaminH1144 returnedH7725 at that timeH6256; and they gaveH5414 them the womenH802 whom they had saved aliveH2421 of the womenH802 of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. 15And the peopleH5971 repentedH5162 them for BenjaminH1144, because that Jehovah had madeH6213 a breachH6556 in the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478.