Judges 21:1–8 · BSB
21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
21:2
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
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21:3
“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
21:4
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
21:5
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
21:6
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
21:7
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
21:8
So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
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