Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So the assembly sent twelve thousand of their bravest men with the orders, "Go and kill everyone in Jabesh, including women and children. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children. Judges 21:5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. ) they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600 Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Rimmon. The whole account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and innocent, was extended to the most criminal excess, and their mode of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally abominable. Judges 21:5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. Judges 5:23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men. Deuteronomy 13:15 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle. Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan, the son of Zare, and the silver, and the garment, and the golden rule, his sons also, and his daughters, his oxen, and asses, and sheep, the tent also, and all the goods: and brought them to the valley of Achor: 1 Samuel 11:7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man. 1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. Context Wives for the Benjamites…9(At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there,) 10So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.11And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.… Cross References Numbers 31:17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men. Judges 5:23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men. Judges 21:8 Therefore they said: Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And, behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army. Judges 21:9 (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there,) 1 Samuel 11:7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man. Jump to Previous Assembly Best Bravest Children Commanded Congregation Edge Including Inhabitants Instructions Jabesh Jabeshgilead Jabesh-Gilead Ja'besh-Gil'ead Little Meeting Mercy Ones Orders Smite Strike Sword Thither Thousand Twelve Valiant Warriors WomenJump to Next Assembly Best Bravest Children Commanded Congregation Edge Including Inhabitants Instructions Jabesh Jabeshgilead Jabesh-Gilead Ja'besh-Gil'ead Little Meeting Mercy Ones Orders Smite Strike Sword Thither Thousand Twelve Valiant Warriors WomenLinks Judges 21:10 NIVJudges 21:10 NLT Judges 21:10 ESV Judges 21:10 NASB Judges 21:10 Bible Apps Judges 21:10 Biblia Paralela Judges 21:10 Chinese Bible Judges 21:10 French Bible Judges 21:10 German Bible Alphabetical: and assembly children commanded congregation edge fighting Gilead go including inhabitants instructions Jabesh Jabesh-gilead little living men of ones put saying sent So strike sword the them there those thousand to twelve valiant warriors with women OT History: Judges 21:10 The congregation sent there twelve thousand men (Jd Judg. Jdg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |