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1	And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, 'None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'	Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”	The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
2	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 the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.	The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
3	and say, 'Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'	And they said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”	“LORD, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?”
4	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 next day the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.	Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
5	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 people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”	Then the Israelites asked, “Who from all the tribes of Israel has failed to assemble before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah was to be put to death.
6	And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,	And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.	Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said.
7	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?'	What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?”	“How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?”
8	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.	And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.	Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
9	And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.	For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.	For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
10	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.	So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.	So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children.
11	And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'	This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.”	“This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin.”
12	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 they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.	They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
13	And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who are in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace;	Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them.	Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.
14	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 Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.	So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.
15	And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.	And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.	The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
16	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?'	Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”	And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?
17	And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;	And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.	The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18	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.'	Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the people of Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”	We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: ‘Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.’
19	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.'	So they said, “Behold, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”	But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, which lies north of Bethel, east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20	And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go -- and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,	And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards	So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards
21	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 watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.	and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.
22	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 when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”	When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give your daughters to them.’”
23	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 people of Benjamin did so and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off. Then they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and lived in them.	So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.
24	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.	And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.	At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.
25	In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.	In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.	In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
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