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Wives Provided for the Benjamites

1 Now athe men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”  
2 Then the people came ato the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,  
3 and said, “O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?”
4 So it was, on the next morning, that the people rose early and abuilt an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.  
5 The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with the assembly to the Lord?” aFor they had made a great oath concerning anyone who had not come up to the Lord at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”  
6 And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today.
7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters as wives?”
8 And they said, “What one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord?” And, in fact, no one had come to the camp from aJabesh Gilead to the assembly.  
Verse Comparison: Judges 21:2

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American Standard Version
And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

Amplified® Bible
And the Israelites came to the house of God [Bethel] and sat there until evening before God and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

Contemporary English Version
After the war with Benjamin, the Israelites went to the place of worship at Bethel and sat there until sunset. They cried loudly and bitterly

Darby English Version
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

Good News Bible
So now the people of Israel went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. Loudly and bitterly they mourned:

King James Version
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

New American Standard Bible
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

New International Version
The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

New King James Version
Then the people came to the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

Revised Standard Version
And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

Young's Literal Translation
And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep -- a great weeping,


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