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Joshua 13

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¹ And the sons of Israel felt sorry [and had compassion] for their brother Benjamin and said, "One tribe has been cut off from Israel today.

² What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn [an oath] by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters as wives?"

³ And they said, "Which one is there of the tribes from Israel that did not come up to Mizpah to the LORD?" And behold, [it was discovered that] no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.

⁴ For when the people were assembled, behold, there was not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

⁵ And the congregation sent twelve thousand of the most courageous men there, and commanded them saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including the women and the children.

⁶ And this is the thing that you shall do; you shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who[1] is not a virgin."

⁷ And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

⁸ Then the whole congregation sent word to the [surviving] sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

⁹ So [the survivors of] Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but there were not enough [to provide wives] for them.

¹⁰ And the people were sorry [and had compassion] for [the survivors of the tribe of] Benjamin because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.

¹¹ Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those [men] who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"

¹² They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.

¹³ But we cannot give them wives from our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn [an oath], "Cursed is he who gives a wife to [a man from the tribe of] Benjamin."

¹⁴ So they said, "Listen, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah."

¹⁵ So they instructed the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go, set an ambush in the vineyards,

¹⁶ and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin.

¹⁷ When their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we shall say to them, 'Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take a wife for each man of Benjamin in battle, nor did you give wives to them, for that would have made you guilty [of breaking your oath].'"

¹⁸ So the sons of [the tribe of] Benjamin did as instructed and took wives according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried away. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns and lived in them.

¹⁹ The sons of Israel departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and family, and each man went from there to his inheritance.

²⁰ In those days [when the judges governed] there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

²¹ In the days when the judges governed [Israel], there was a famine in the land [of Canaan]. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the[1] country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

²² The man's name was Elimelech and his wife's name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there.

²³ Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left [a widow] with her two sons.

²⁴ They took wives from the Moabite women; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years;

²⁵ and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband.

²⁶ Then she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in Moab how the LORD had taken care of His people [of Judah] in giving them food.

²⁷ So she left the place where she was living, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to the land of Judah.

²⁸ But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you return to your mother's house. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown kindness to the dead and to me.

²⁹ May the LORD grant that you find rest, each one in the home of her husband." Then she kissed them [goodbye], and they wept aloud.

³⁰ And they said to her, "No, we will go with you to your people [in Judah]."

³¹ But Naomi said, "Go back, my daughters, why should you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that may become your husbands?

³² Go back, my daughters, go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, and if I actually had a husband tonight and even gave birth to sons,

³³ would you wait until they were grown? Would you go without marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more[2] difficult for me than for you, because the Lord's hand has gone against me."

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1	And the sons of Israel felt sorry [and had compassion] for their brother Benjamin and said, "One tribe has been cut off from Israel today.
2	What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn [an oath] by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters as wives?"
3	And they said, "Which one is there of the tribes from Israel that did not come up to Mizpah to the LORD?" And behold, [it was discovered that] no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
4	For when the people were assembled, behold, there was not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
5	And the congregation sent twelve thousand of the most courageous men there, and commanded them saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including the women and the children.
6	And this is the thing that you shall do; you shall utterly destroy every male and every woman who[1] is not a virgin."
7	And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
8	Then the whole congregation sent word to the [surviving] sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
9	So [the survivors of] Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; but there were not enough [to provide wives] for them.
10	And the people were sorry [and had compassion] for [the survivors of the tribe of] Benjamin because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
11	Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those [men] who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"
12	They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be wiped out from Israel.
13	But we cannot give them wives from our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn [an oath], "Cursed is he who gives a wife to [a man from the tribe of] Benjamin."
14	So they said, "Listen, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah."
15	So they instructed the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go, set an ambush in the vineyards,
16	and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of [the tribe of] Benjamin.
17	When their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we shall say to them, 'Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take a wife for each man of Benjamin in battle, nor did you give wives to them, for that would have made you guilty [of breaking your oath].'"
18	So the sons of [the tribe of] Benjamin did as instructed and took wives according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried away. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns and lived in them.
19	The sons of Israel departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and family, and each man went from there to his inheritance.
20	In those days [when the judges governed] there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
21	In the days when the judges governed [Israel], there was a famine in the land [of Canaan]. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the[1] country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
22	The man's name was Elimelech and his wife's name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there.
23	Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left [a widow] with her two sons.
24	They took wives from the Moabite women; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years;
25	and then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so the woman [Naomi] was left without her two sons and her husband.
26	Then she set out with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in Moab how the LORD had taken care of His people [of Judah] in giving them food.
27	So she left the place where she was living, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to the land of Judah.
28	But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go back, each of you return to your mother's house. May the LORD show kindness to you as you have shown kindness to the dead and to me.
29	May the LORD grant that you find rest, each one in the home of her husband." Then she kissed them [goodbye], and they wept aloud.
30	And they said to her, "No, we will go with you to your people [in Judah]."
31	But Naomi said, "Go back, my daughters, why should you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that may become your husbands?
32	Go back, my daughters, go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, and if I actually had a husband tonight and even gave birth to sons,
33	would you wait until they were grown? Would you go without marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more[2] difficult for me than for you, because the Lord's hand has gone against me."

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