Judges 21:8-12 ▼

8 And they said, “Which one is there of the tribes from Israel that did not come up to Mizpah to the LORD?” And behold, [it was discovered that] no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.

9 For when the people were assembled, behold, there was not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

10 And the congregation sent twelve thousand of the most courageous men there, and commanded them saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including the women and the children.

11 And this is the thing that you shall do; you shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who is not a virgin.”

12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.