Judges 21:8-12 ▼

8 They asked, |What one group of the tribes of Israel didn't come up to meet the LORD at Mizpah?| It turned out that no one had come to the encampment from Jabesh-gilead,

9 since when they took a census of the assembly, not even one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was in attendance.

10 So the congregation sent out 12,000 of their valiant soldiers, issuing these orders to them: |Go and attack the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with swords, including the women and little ones.

11 You're to completely destroy every man and every married woman.|

12 They discovered among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who hadn't had sex with a man, and they brought them to the encampment at Shiloh in the territory of Canaan.