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Judges 21:16-25

16Then theeldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of thecongregationהָעֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712saidוַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, How shall wedoנַּעֲשֶׂ֥הna.'a.SehH6213forwivesלְנָשִׁ֑יםle.na.ShimH802for them thatremainלַנּוֹתָרִ֖יםla.no.ta.RimH3498, seeing thewomenאִשָּֽׁה׃'i.ShahH802aredestroyedנִשְׁמְדָ֥הnish.me.DahH8045out ofBenjaminמִבִּנְיָמִ֖ןmi.bin.ya.MinH1144?

17And theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, There must be aninheritanceיְרֻשַּׁ֥תye.ru.ShatH3425for them that haveescapedפְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.TahH6413ofBenjaminלְבִנְיָמִ֑ןle.vin.ya.MinH1144, that atribeשֵׁ֖בֶטShe.vetH7626be notdestroyedיִמָּחֶ֥הyi.ma.ChehH4229out ofIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

18But wemayנוּכַ֛לnu.KhalH3201notgiveלָתֵת־la.tet-H5414themwivesנָשִׁ֖יםna.ShimH802of ourdaughtersמִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323: for thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478haveswornנִשְׁבְּע֤וּnish.be.'UH7650,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Cursedאָר֕וּר'a.RurH779be he thatgivethנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414awifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802toBenjaminלְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סle.vin.ya.MinH1144.

19Then theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֡וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Behold, there is afeastחַג־chag-H2282of theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068inShilohבְּשִׁל֜וֹbe.shi.LoH7887yearlyH3117in a place which is on the northsideמִצְּפ֤וֹנָהmi.tze.Fo.nahH6828ofBethelH1008, on the eastsideמִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁmiz.re.Chah ha.She.meshH4217 H8121of thehighwayלִמְסִלָּ֔הlim.si.LahH4546that goethupהָעֹלָ֥הha.'o.LahH5927fromBethelH1008toShechemשְׁכֶ֑מָהshe.Khe.mahH7927, and on thesouthוּמִנֶּ֖גֶבu.mi.Ne.gevH5045ofLebonahלִלְבוֹנָֽה׃lil.vo.NahH3829.

20Therefore theycommandedוַיְצַוּ֕וּvay.tzavH6680thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofBenjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinH1144,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,GoH3212and lie inwaitוַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םva.'a.rav.TemH693in thevineyardsבַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ba.ke.ra.MimH3754;

21Andseeוּרְאִיתֶ֗םu.re.'i.TemH7200, and, behold, if thedaughtersבְנוֹת־ve.not-H1323ofShilohשִׁילוֹ֮shi.LoH7887comeoutיֵ֨צְא֥וּye.tze.'UH3318todanceלָח֣וּלla.ChulH2342indancesבַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ba.me.cho.lOtH4246, then come yeoutוִֽיצָאתֶם֙vi.tza.TemH3318of thevineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754, andcatchוַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥םva.cha.taf.TemH2414you everymanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802of thedaughtersמִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.NotH1323ofShilohשִׁיל֑וֹshi.LoH7887, andgoוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980to thelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

22And it shall be, when theirfathersאֲבוֹתָם֩'a.vo.TamH1or theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם'a.chei.HemH251comeיָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uH935to us tocomplainלָרִ֣יבla.rovH7378, that we willsayוְאָמַ֤רְנוּve.'a.Mar.nuH559to them, Befavourableחָנּ֣וּנוּcha.Nu.nuH2603to them for our sakes: because wereservedלָקַ֛חְנוּla.Kach.nuH3947not to eachmanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376hiswifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802in thewarבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421: for ye did notgiveנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414to them at thistimeכָּעֵ֥תka.'EtH6256, that ye should beguiltyתֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ סte'.Sha.muH816.

23And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofBenjaminבִנְיָמִ֔ןvin.ya.MinH1144didsoוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213, andtookוַיִּשְׂא֤וּvai.yis.'UH5375themwivesנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802, according to theirnumberלְמִסְפָּרָ֔םle.mis.pa.RamH4557, of them thatdancedהַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹתha.me.cho.le.LotH2342, whom theycaughtגָּזָ֑לוּga.Za.luH1497: and theywentH3212andreturnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725to theirinheritanceנַ֣חֲלָתָ֔םna.cha.la.TamH5159, andrepairedוַיִּבְנוּ֙vai.yiv.NuH1129thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892, anddweltוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in them.

24And thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478departedוַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּvai.yit.ha.le.KhuH1980from there at thattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256, everymanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to histribeלְשִׁבְט֖וֹle.shiv.ToH7626and to hisfamilyוּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹu.le.mish.pach.ToH4940, and theywentוַיֵּצְא֣וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318from there everymanאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376to hisinheritanceלְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃le.na.cha.la.ToH5159.

25In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117there was nokingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478: everymanאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376didיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ya.'a.SehH6213that which wasrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רhai.ya.SharH3477in his owneyesבְּעֵינָ֖יוbe.'ei.NavH5869.

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