Judges 21
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Judges 21:16-25

16Then the eldersH2205 of the congregationH5712 saidH559, HowH4100 shall weH3588 doH6213 for wivesH802 for them that remainH3498, seeingH3588 the womenH802 are destroyedH8045 outH4100 of BenjaminH1144? 17And they saidH559, There mustH3808 be an inheritanceH3425 for them that are escapedH6413 of BenjaminH1144, that a tribeH7626 be notH3808 blotted outH4229 from IsraelH3478. 18Howbeit weH587 may notH3808 giveH5414 them wivesH802 of our daughtersH1323: for the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 had swornH7650, sayingH559, CursedH779 be he that giveth a wifeH802 to BenjaminH1144. 19And they saidH559, BeholdH2009, there is a feastH2282 of the LORDH3068 from yearH3117 to yearH3117 in ShilohH7887, whichH834 is on the northH6828 of Beth-el, on the eastH4217 sideH6828 of the highwayH4546 that goeth upH5927 from Beth-el to ShechemH7927, and on the southH5045 of LebonahH3829. 20And they commandedH6680 the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144, sayingH559, Go and lieH693 in waitH693 in the vineyardsH3754; 21and seeH7200, and, beholdH2009, ifH518 the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887 comeH1980 outH3318 to danceH4246 in the dancesH4246, then comeH1980 ye outH3318 of the vineyardsH3754, and catchH2414 youH518 everyH376 manH376 his wifeH802 of the daughtersH1323 of ShilohH7887, and goH1980 to the landH776 of BenjaminH1144. 22And it shall be, when their fathersH1 or their brethrenH251 comeH935 to complainH7378 unto usH5414, that weH3588 will sayH559 unto them, GrantH5414 them graciouslyH2603 unto usH5414: becauseH3588 weH3588 tookH3947 notH3808 for eachH376 manH376 of them his wifeH802 in battleH4421: neitherH3808 didH3808 ye giveH5414 them unto them; elseH176 would ye nowH1961 be guiltyH816. 23And the childrenH1121 of BenjaminH1144 didH6213 soH3651, and tookH5375 them wivesH802, accordingH413 to their numberH4557, of them that danced, whomH834 they carriedH5375 offH5375: and they wentH7725 and returnedH7725 unto their inheritanceH5159, and builtH1129 the citiesH5892, and dweltH3427 in them. 24And the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 departedH1980 thence at that time, everyH376 manH376 to his tribeH7626 and to his familyH4940, and they wentH1980 outH3318 from thence everyH376 manH376 to his inheritanceH5159. 25In thoseH376 daysH3117 there was noH369 kingH4428 in IsraelH3478: everyH376 manH376 didH6213 that whichH5869 was rightH3477 in his ownH376 eyesH5869.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain