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Judges 21

After nearly destroying Benjamin, Israel grieves that one tribe is about to disappear. An earlier oath prevents the Israelites from giving their daughters as wives to Benjamites, so they attack Jabesh-gilead for not joining the assembly and give surviving virgins to Benjamin. When that is still insufficient, they permit Benjamites to seize women dancing at a feast in Shiloh. The book closes with the refrain: there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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After nearly destroying Benjamin, Israel grieves that one tribe is about to disappear. An earlier oath prevents the Israelites from giving their daughters as wives to Benjamites, so they attack Jabesh-gilead for not joining the assembly and give surviving virgins to Benjamin. When that is still insufficient, they permit Benjamites to seize women dancing at a feast in Shiloh. The book closes with the refrain: there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

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Verses 1–7Israel mourns because Benjamin may be cut offVerses 8–15Jabesh-gilead is struck, and young women are given to BenjaminVerses 16–18The elders seek wives for the remaining BenjamitesVerses 19–23The Benjamites take wives at the feast in ShilohVerses 24–25Israel returns home in a time when every man did what was right in his own eyes
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1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying,…2And the people came to the house of God, and…3And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this…4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the…5And the children of Israel said, Who is there among…6And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their…7How shall we do for wives for them that remain,…8And they said, What one is there of the tribes…9For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none…10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the…11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye…12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred…13And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the…14And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave…15And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the…16Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we…17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them…18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters:…19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the…20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and…21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come…22And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren…23And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them…24And the children of Israel departed thence at that time,…25In those days there was no king in Israel: every…