<vn='1'>Now the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> had <sn="7650">sworn</s> in <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, There shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="376">any</s><sn="4480">of</s> us <sn="5414">give</s> his <sn="1323">daughter</s> unto <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="935">came</s> to the house of <sn="1008">God</s>, and <sn="3427">abode</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="5704">till</s><sn="6153">even</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="430">God</s>, and lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="6963">voices</s>, and <sn="1058">wept</s><sn="1065 1419">sore</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="4100">why</s> is <sn="2063">this</s> come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that there should be <sn="3117">today</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7626">tribe</s><sn="6485">lacking</s> in <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> on the <sn="4480 4283">morrow</s>, that the <sn="5971">people</s> rose <sn="7925">early</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s><sn="8033">there</s> an <sn="4196">altar</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is there among <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> came not <sn="5927 3808">up</s> with the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? <sn="3588">For</s> they had <sn="1961">made</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7621">oath</s><sn="834">concerning</s> him that came not <sn="5927 3808">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, He shall surely be put to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5162">repented</s> them <sn="413">for</s><sn="1144">Benjamin</s> their <sn="251">brother</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, There is <sn="259">one</s><sn="7626">tribe</s> cut <sn="1438">off</s> from <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="4100">How</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> for <sn="802">wives</s> for them that <sn="3498">remain</s>, seeing <sn="587">we</s> have <sn="7650">sworn</s> by the <sn="3068">LORD</s> that we will <sn="1115">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> them of our <sn="4480 1323">daughters</s> to <sn="802">wives</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">What</s><sn="259">one</s> is there of the <sn="4480 7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="834">that</s> came not <sn="5927 3808">up</s> to <sn="4709">Mizpeh</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808 376">none</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s> from <sn="4480 3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="6951">assembly</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>For the <sn="5971">people</s> were <sn="6485">numbered</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there were <sn="369 376">none</s> of the <sn="4480 3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="5712">congregation</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="8033">hither</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> of the most <sn="4480 1121 2428">valiant</s>, and <sn="6680">commanded</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>, with the <sn="802">women</s> and the <sn="2945">children</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> ye shall <sn="6213">do</s>, Ye shall utterly <sn="2763">destroy</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2145">male</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="802">woman</s> that hath <sn="3045 4904">lain</s> by <sn="2145">man</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="4672">found</s> among the <sn="4480 3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="5291">young</s><sn="1330">virgins</s>, <sn="834">that</s> had <sn="3045">known</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> by <sn="4904">lying</s> with any <sn="2145">male</s>: and they <sn="935">brought</s> them <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4264">camp</s> to <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3667">Canaan</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="5712">congregation</s><sn="7971">sent</s> some to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="5553">rock</s><sn="7417">Rimmon</s>, and to <sn="7121">call</s><sn="7965">peaceably</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> came <sn="7725">again</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>; and they <sn="5414">gave</s> them <sn="802">wives</s><sn="834">which</s> they had saved <sn="2421">alive</s> of the <sn="4480 802">women</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead: and yet <sn="3651">so</s> they <sn="4672">sufficed</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="5971">people</s> repented <sn="5162">them</s> for <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="6556">breach</s> in the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Then the <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="5712">congregation</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">How</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> for <sn="802">wives</s> for them that <sn="3498">remain</s>, <sn="3588">seeing</s> the <sn="802">women</s> are <sn="8045">destroyed</s> out of <sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s>? </v>
<vn='17'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, There must be an <sn="3425">inheritance</s> for them that be <sn="6413">escaped</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, that a <sn="7626">tribe</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4229">destroyed</s> out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Howbeit <sn="587">we</s><sn="3201">may</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> them <sn="802">wives</s> of our <sn="4480 1323">daughters</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> have <sn="7650">sworn</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="779">Cursed</s> be he that <sn="5414">giveth</s> a <sn="802">wife</s> to <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Then they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, there is a <sn="2282">feast</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="7887">Shiloh</s><sn="4480 3117 3117">yearly</s> in a place <sn="834">which</s> is on the north <sn="4480 6828">side</s> of <sn="4480 1008">Bethel</s>, on the east <sn="4217 8121">side</s> of the <sn="4546">highway</s> that goeth <sn="5927">up</s> from <sn="4480 1008">Bethel</s> to <sn="7927">Shechem</s>, and on the <sn="4480 5045">south</s> of <sn="3829">Lebonah</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Therefore they <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1980">Go</s> and lie in <sn="693">wait</s> in the <sn="3754">vineyards</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="7200">see</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="1323">daughters</s> of <sn="7887">Shiloh</s> come <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="2342">dance</s> in <sn="4246">dances</s>, then come ye <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and <sn="2414">catch</s> you every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="802">wife</s> of the <sn="4480 1323">daughters</s> of <sn="7887">Shiloh</s>, and <sn="1980">go</s> to the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="176">or</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> us to <sn="7378">complain</s>, that we will <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, Be <sn="2603">favorable</s> unto them for our sakes: <sn="3588">because</s> we <sn="3947">reserved</s><sn="3808">not</s> to each <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="802">wife</s> in the <sn="4421">war</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">ye</s> did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> unto them at this <sn="6256">time</s>, that ye should be <sn="816">guilty</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>, and <sn="5375">took</s> them <sn="802">wives</s>, according to their <sn="4557">number</s>, <sn="4480">of</s> them that <sn="2342">danced</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> they <sn="1497">caught</s>: and they <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s> their <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, and <sn="1129">repaired</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">cities</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in them. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="7626">tribe</s> and to his <sn="4940">family</s>, and they went <sn="3318">out</s> from <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="5159">inheritance</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: every <sn="376">man</s><sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in his own <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>