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1Now the children of Israel swore in Massephath, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
2And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;
2The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
3and said, Therefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that today one tribe should be counted [as missing] from Israel ?
3They said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
4And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar , and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace offerings.
4On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
5The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to Yahweh?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
6And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel .
6The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
7What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives.
7How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
8And they said, What one [man is there] of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly.
8They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?” Behold, no one came from Jabesh Gilead to the camp to the assembly.
9And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad.
9For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
10And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go you⌃ and strike the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword.
10The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
11And this shall you⌃ do: every maleand every woman that has known the lying with man you⌃ shall devote [to destruction], but the virgins you⌃ shall save alive: and they did so.
11This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”
12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.
12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13And all the congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin in the rock Remmon, and invited them to [make] peace .
13The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
14And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they [had] save alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and they were content.
14Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.
15And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
15The people grieved for Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
16And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.
16Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
17And they said, [There must be] an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and [so] a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.
17They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
18For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel , saying, Cursed [is] he that gives a wife to Benjamin.
18However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”
19And they said, Behold! now [there is] a feast of the Lord from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Baethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Baethel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona.
19They said, “Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
20And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
20They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
21and you⌃ shall see; and behold! if there come out the daughters of the inhabitants of Selom to dance in dances, then shall you⌃ go out of the vineyardsand seize for yourselves every man a wife of the daughters of Selom, and go you⌃ into the land of Benjamin.
21and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22And it shall come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because you⌃ did not give to them according to the occasion, you⌃ transgressed.
22It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’”
23And the children of Benjamin did so; and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they seized: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
23The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.
24And the children of Israel went thence at that timeevery man to his tribe and his kindred; and they went thence every man to his inheritance.
24The children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they each went out from there to his own inheritance.
25And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight.
25In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.