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Judges 21 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:1 - Now the men H376 of Israel H3478 had sworn H7650 in Mizpeh, H4709 saying, H559 There shall not any H376 of us give H5414 his daughter H1323 unto Benjamin H1144 to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - And the people H5971 came H935 to the house H1004 of God, H430 H1008 and abode H3427 there till even H6153 before H6440 God, H430 and lifted up H5375 their voices, H6963 and wept H1058 H1065 sore; H1419

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - And said, H559 O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 why is this come to pass in Israel, H3478 that there should be to day H3117 one H259 tribe H7626 lacking H6485 in Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:4 - And it came to pass on the morrow, H4283 that the people H5971 rose early, H7925 and built H1129 there an altar, H4196 and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings. H8002

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said, H559 Who is there among all the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that H834 came H5927 not up with the congregation H6951 unto the LORD? H3068 For they had made a great H1419 oath H7621 concerning him that came not up H5927 to the LORD H3068 to Mizpeh, H4709 saying, H559 He shall surely H4191 be put to death. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 repented H5162 them for Benjamin H1144 their brother, H251 and said, H559 There is one H259 tribe H7626 cut off H1438 from Israel H3478 this day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How shall we do H6213 for wives H802 for them that remain, H3498 seeing we have sworn H7650 by the LORD H3068 that we will not give H5414 them of our daughters H1323 to wives? H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - And they said, H559 What one H259 is there of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 that came not up H5927 to Mizpeh H4709 to the LORD? H3068 And, behold, there came H935 none H376 to the camp H4264 from Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 to the assembly. H6951

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:9 - For the people H5971 were numbered, H6485 and, behold, there were none H376 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - And the congregation H5712 sent H7971 thither twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376 of the valiantest, H1121 H2428 and commanded H6680 them, saying, H559 Go H3212 and smite H5221 the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 with the women H802 and the children. H2945

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 - And this is the thing H1697 that ye shall do, H6213 Ye shall utterly destroy H2763 every male, H2145 and every woman H802 that hath lain H4904 by man. H3045

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found H4672 among the inhabitants H3427 of Jabeshgilead H3003 H1568 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5291 virgins, H1330 that had known H3045 no man H376 by lying H4904 with any male: H2145 and they brought H935 them unto the camp H4264 to Shiloh, H7887 which is in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - And the whole congregation H5712 sent H7971 some to speak H1696 to the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 that were in the rock H5553 Rimmon, H7417 and to call H7121 peaceably H7965 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - And Benjamin H1144 came again H7725 at that time; H6256 and they gave H5414 them wives H802 which they had saved alive H2421 of the women H802 of Jabeshgilead: H3003 H1568 and yet so they sufficed H4672 them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people H5971 repented H5162 them for Benjamin, H1144 because that the LORD H3068 had made H6213 a breach H6556 in the tribes H7626 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16 - Then the elders H2205 of the congregation H5712 said, H559 How shall we do H6213 for wives H802 for them that remain, H3498 seeing the women H802 are destroyed H8045 out of Benjamin? H1144

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:17 - And they said, H559 There must be an inheritance H3425 for them that be escaped H6413 of Benjamin, H1144 that a tribe H7626 be not destroyed H4229 out of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - Howbeit we may H3201 not give H5414 them wives H802 of our daughters: H1323 for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have sworn, H7650 saying, H559 Cursed H779 be he that giveth H5414 a wife H802 to Benjamin. H1144

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - Then they said, H559 Behold, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887 yearly H3117 H3117 in a place which is on the north side H6828 of Bethel, H1008 on the east side H4217 H8121 of the highway H4546 that goeth up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem, H7927 and on the south H5045 of Lebonah. H3829

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:20 - Therefore they commanded H6680 the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 saying, H559 Go H3212 and lie in wait H693 in the vineyards; H3754

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:21 - And see, H7200 and, behold, if the daughters H1323 of Shiloh H7887 come out H3318 to dance H2342 in dances, H4246 then come ye out H3318 of the vineyards, H3754 and catch H2414 you every man H376 his wife H802 of the daughters H1323 of Shiloh, H7887 and go H1980 to the land H776 of Benjamin. H1144

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And it shall be, when their fathers H1 or their brethren H251 come H935 unto us to complain, H7378 that we will say H559 unto them, Be favourable H2603 unto them for our sakes: because we reserved H3947 not to each man H376 his wife H802 in the war: H4421 for ye did not give H5414 unto them at this time, H6256 that ye should be guilty. H816

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:23 - And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 did so, H6213 and took H5375 them wives, H802 according to their number, H4557 of them that danced, H2342 whom they caught: H1497 and they went H3212 and returned H7725 unto their inheritance, H5159 and repaired H1129 the cities, H5892 and dwelt H3427 in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 departed H1980 thence at that time, H6256 every man H376 to his tribe H7626 and to his family, H4940 and they went out H3318 from thence every man H376 to his inheritance. H5159

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 - In those days H3117 there was no king H4428 in Israel: H3478 every man H376 did H6213 that which was right H3477 in his own eyes. H5869
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