Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Now
the men of Israel had
sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There
shall
not
any
of us give his daughter unto
Benjamin
to wife.
And
the men of Israel have
sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None
of us doth
give his daughter to Benjamin
for
a
wife. '
And the people came
to the
house
of
God
, and abode
there till even
before God, and lifted
up their voices
, and wept
sore;
And the people come
in
to Beth-El
, and sit
there till the
evening
before God, and lift
up their voice
, and weep
--
a
great
weeping,
And said
, O LORD
God of Israel, why
is
this come
to
pass
in Israel ,
that
there
should
be to day one tribe lacking
in
Israel
?
and say
, `Why,
O Jehovah,
God of Israel, hath
this been
in Israel --
to
be lacking
to -
day ,
from
Israel,
one tribe? '
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.
And it cometh
to pass on the morrow, that the people rise
early, and build
there an altar, and cause
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings and peace -
offerings.
And the children
of Israel said
, Who is there
among
all the tribes of Israel that
came
not
up
with
the
congregation
unto the
LORD
? For they
had
made
a
great oath concerning him that
came
not up to
the
LORD
to Mizpeh, saying, He shall
surely be
put to death.
And the sons
of Israel say
, `
Who `
is '
he
that
hath
not
come
up
in
the
assembly
out
of
all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah
? '
for the
great oath hath
been
concerning him who
hath
not come
up unto
Jehovah
to Mizpeh, saying, `
He is
surely put to death. '
And the children
of Israel repented
them
for
Benjamin their brother, and said
, There is
one
tribe
cut off from Israel this
day.
And the sons
of Israel repent
concerning
Benjamin their brother, and say
, `
There hath
been
to-day
cut off one
tribe
from Israel ,
How
shall
we do for wives
for
them that
remain
, seeing
we have sworn by the
LORD
that
we
will
not give them of our daughters to
wives?
what
do
we do for them --
for
those
who
are
left
--
for
wives
, and
we --
we
have sworn by Jehovah
not to
give to
them of our daughters for
wives? '
And they said
, What
one
is there
of the tribes of Israel that
came
not up to Mizpeh to
the
LORD
? And ,
behold
, there
came
none to
the camp from Jabeshgilead
to
the assembly.
And they say
, `Who
is `that'
one
out
of the tribes of Israel who
hath
not come
up unto
Jehovah
to Mizpeh? '
and lo
, none hath
come
in
unto
the camp from Jabesh-Gilead
--
unto
the assembly.
For
the people were
numbered, and ,
behold
, there were
none
of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead
there
.
And
the people numbered themselves
, and lo
, there is
not
there
a
man
of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead
.
And the congregation
sent
thither
twelve thousand men of the valiantest
, and commanded
them, saying, Go and smite
the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead
with
the edge
of the sword, with
the women and the children
.
And the company
send
there
twelve thousand men of the sons
of
valour
, and command
them, saying, `
Go --
and ye
have
smitten
the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead
by
the mouth
of the sword, even
the women and the infants
.
And this is the thing that
ye shall
do ,
Ye
shall
utterly
destroy
every male, and every woman that
hath
lain
by
man
.
And this `
is '
the thing which
ye do ;
every male, and every woman knowing
the
lying
of
a
male,
ye
devote
. '
And they found
among
the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead
four hundred young virgins, that
had
known no
man by lying with
any
male :
and they brought
them unto the camp to
Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
And they find
out
of
the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead
four hundred young women,
virgins, who
have
not
known man by the
lying of
a
male ,
and they bring
them in
unto the camp at
Shiloh, which `
is '
in the land of Canaan.
And the whole
congregation
sent
some
to
speak to
the children
of Benjamin that
were
in the rock Rimmon, and to call
peaceably
unto
them .
And all
the company
send,
and
speak ,
unto
the sons
of Benjamin who
`are'
in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim
to them peace;
And Benjamin came
again
at that time ;
and they gave
them wives
which
they had
saved
alive of the women of Jabeshgilead:
and yet
so
they sufficed
them
not.
and Benjamin turneth
back
at that time ,
and they give
to
them the
women
whom
they have
kept
alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead,
and they have
not found
for
`all
of'
them
so
.
And the people repented them
for
Benjamin, because
that
the
LORD
had made a breach in
the tribes of Israel.
And the people repented concerning
Benjamin, for
Jehovah
had made a breach among
the tribes of Israel.
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?
And
the elders of the company
say
, `What
do
we do to
the
remnant
for wives --
for the women have
been
destroyed out of Benjamin? '
And they said
, There
must
be
an inheritance
for
them
that
be
escaped of
Benjamin, that
a tribe be
not destroyed
out of
Israel .
And they say
, `A
possession
of
an escaped party
`is'
to
Benjamin, and
a tribe is
not blotted
out from
Israel ;
Howbeit
we may
not give them wives of our daughters :
for the children
of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be
he that
giveth
a wife to Benjamin.
and
we --
we
are
not able
to
give to
them wives out
of our daughters ,
for the sons
of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed `is'
he who
is
giving
a wife to Benjamin. '
Then
they said
, Behold
, there
is
a feast
of the
LORD
in Shiloh yearly
in
a
place
which is on the north side
of Bethel
, on
the east
side
of the highway that
goeth
up from Bethel
to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
And
they say
, `Lo
, a festival
of Jehovah
`is'
in Shiloh ,
from
time
to
time,
which `
is '
on the north of Beth-El
, at
the rising
of the sun,
by
the
highway which
is
going
up from Beth-El
to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. '
Therefore
they commanded
the children
of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie
in
wait in the vineyards ;
And
they command
the sons
of Benjamin, saying, `
Go --
and ye
have
laid
wait in the vineyards ,
And see
, and ,
behold
, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in 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 .
and have
seen
, and lo
, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances --
then ye have
gone
out from
the vineyards, and caught
for
you each
his wife out
of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone
to the land of Benjamin ;
And it shall
be
, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to
complain
, that we will
say
unto them, Be
favorable
unto
them for our
sakes:
because
we reserved
not to each man
his wife in the
war:
for ye did
not give
unto
them at this time ,
that ye should
be
guilty.
and it hath
been
, when their fathers or their brethren come in
to
plead
unto us, that we have
said
unto them, Favour
us
`by'
them ,
for we have
not taken
`
to '
each his wife in battle,
for ye --
ye
have
not given
to
them at this time `
that '
ye are
guilty. '
And the children
of Benjamin did
so, and took
them
wives,
according to their number, of them
that
danced,
whom they caught:
and they went
and returned
unto their inheritance, and repaired
the cities, and dwelt
in them.
And the sons
of Benjamin do
so, and take
women
according to their number, out
of the
dancers
whom they have
taken
violently
away;
and they go,
and turn
back
unto their inheritance, and build
the cities, and dwell
in them.
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.
And the sons
of Israel go
up
and
down
thence at that time, each
to his tribe ,
and to his family ;
and they go
out thence each
to his inheritance.
In those days there was
no king in Israel :
every
man
did
that which was
right in his own eyes.
In those days there is
no king in Israel ;
each
doth
that which is
right in his own eyes.
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