Judges 21
1 Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.
and man Israel to swear in/on/with Mizpah to/for to say man: anyone from us not to give: give(marriage) daughter his to/for Benjamin to/for woman: wife
2 And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.
and to come (in): come [the] people Bethel Bethel and to dwell there till [the] evening to/for face: before [the] God and to lift: loud voice their and to weep weeping great: large
3 And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
and to say to/for what? LORD God Israel to be this in/on/with Israel to/for to reckon: missing [the] day: today from Israel tribe one
4 Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
and to be from morrow and to rise [the] people and to build there altar and to ascend: offer up burnt offering and peace offering
5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.
and to say son: descendant/people Israel who? which not to ascend: rise in/on/with assembly from all tribe Israel to(wards) LORD for [the] oath [the] great: large to be to/for which not to ascend: rise to(wards) LORD [the] Mizpah to/for to say to die to die
6 And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
and to be sorry: comfort son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) Benjamin brother: male-sibling his and to say to cut down/off [the] day: today tribe one from Israel
7 What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
what? to make: do to/for them to/for to remain to/for woman: wife and we to swear in/on/with LORD to/for lest to give: give(marriage) to/for them from daughter our to/for woman: wife
8 And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.
and to say who? one from tribe Israel which not to ascend: rise to(wards) LORD [the] Mizpah and behold not to come (in): come man: anyone to(wards) [the] camp from Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead to(wards) [the] assembly
9 For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.
and to reckon: list [the] people: soldiers and behold nothing there man: anyone from to dwell Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead
10 So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.
and to send: depart there [the] congregation two ten thousand man from son: warrior [the] strength and to command [obj] them to/for to say to go: went and to smite [obj] to dwell Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead to/for lip: edge sword and [the] woman and [the] child
11 And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
and this [the] word: thing which to make: do all male and all woman to know bed male to devote/destroy
12 Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
and to find from to dwell Jabesh (Gilead) (Jabesh)-gilead four hundred maiden virgin which not to know man to/for bed male and to come (in): bring [obj] them to(wards) [the] camp Shiloh which in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan
13 And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.
and to send: depart all [the] congregation and to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Benjamin which in/on/with crag (Rock of) Rimmon and to call: call out to/for them peace
14 Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.
and to return: return Benjamin in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and to give: give(marriage) to/for them [the] woman which to live from woman Jabesh (Gilead) (Jabesh)-gilead and not to find to/for them so
15 And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.
and [the] people to be sorry: comfort to/for Benjamin for to make LORD breach in/on/with tribe Israel
16 Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?
and to say old: elder [the] congregation what? to make: do to/for to remain to/for woman: wife for to destroy from Benjamin woman
17 And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
and to say possession survivor to/for Benjamin and not to wipe tribe from Israel
18 Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
and we not be able to/for to give: give(marriage) to/for them woman: wife from daughter our for to swear son: descendant/people Israel to/for to say to curse to give: give(marriage) woman: wife to/for Benjamin
19 And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
and to say behold feast LORD in/on/with Shiloh from day: year day: year [to] which from north [to] to/for Bethel Bethel east [to] [the] sun to/for highway [the] to ascend: rise from Bethel Bethel Shechem [to] and from south to/for Lebonah
20 And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,
(and to command *QK) [obj] son: descendant/people Benjamin to/for to say to go: went and to ambush in/on/with vineyard
21 And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.
and to see: see and behold if to come out: come daughter Shiloh to/for to twist: dance in/on/with dance and to come out: come from [the] vineyard and to catch to/for you man: anyone woman: wife his from daughter Shiloh and to go: went land: country/planet Benjamin
22 And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.
and to be for to come (in): come father their or brother: male-sibling their (to/for to contend *Qk) to(wards) us and to say to(wards) them be gracious us [obj] them for not to take: take man: anyone woman: wife his in/on/with battle for not you(m. p.) to give: give(marriage) to/for them like/as time be guilty
23 So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.
and to make: do so son: descendant/people Benjamin and to lift: marry woman: wife to/for number their from [the] to twist: dance which to plunder and to go: went and to return: return to(wards) inheritance their and to build [obj] [the] city and to dwell in/on/with them
24 Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
and to go: went from there son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with time [the] he/she/it man: anyone to/for tribe his and to/for family his and to come out: come from there man: anyone to/for inheritance his
25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right to him.
in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) nothing king in/on/with Israel man: anyone [the] upright in/on/with eye his to make: do
