Judges 21
1 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
And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, “None of us gives his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.”
2 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
And the people come to Beth-El, and sit there until the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep [with] a great weeping,
3 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
and say, “Why, O YHWH, God of Israel, has this been in Israel—to be lacking one tribe from Israel today?”
4 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
And it comes to pass on the next day, that the people rise early, and build an altar there, and cause burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend.
5 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
And the sons of Israel say, “Who [is] he that has not come up in the assembly to YHWH out of all the tribes of Israel?” For the great oath has been concerning him who has not come up to YHWH to Mizpeh, saying, “He is surely put to death.”
6 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
And the sons of Israel sigh concerning their brother Benjamin, and say, “Today there has been one tribe cut off from Israel,
7 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
what do we do for them—for those who are left—for wives, since we have sworn by YHWH not to give to them from our daughters for wives?”
8 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
And they say, “Who is [that] one out of the tribes of Israel who has not come up to YHWH to Mizpeh?” And behold, none has come to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead—to the assembly.
9 and to reckon: list [the] people: soldiers and behold nothing there man: anyone from to dwell Jabesh (Jabesh)-gilead
And the people numbered themselves, and behold, there is no man from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.
10 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
And the congregation sends twelve thousand men of the sons of valor there, and commands them, saying, “Go—and you have struck the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.
11 and this [the] word: thing which to make: do all male and all woman to know bed male to devote/destroy
And this [is] the thing which you do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, you devote.”
12 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
And they find four hundred young women, virgins, out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them to the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
13 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
And all the congregation sends [word] and speaks to the sons of Benjamin who [are] in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaims peace to them;
14 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
and Benjamin turns back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for [all of] them so.
15 and [the] people to be sorry: comfort to/for Benjamin for to make LORD breach in/on/with tribe Israel
And the people sighed concerning Benjamin, for YHWH had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
16 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
And [the] elderly of the congregation say, “What do we do to the remnant for wives—for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?”
17 and to say possession survivor to/for Benjamin and not to wipe tribe from Israel
And they say, “A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
18 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
and we are not able to give wives to them out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.”
19 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
And they say, “Behold, a festival of YHWH [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
20 (and to command *QK) [obj] son: descendant/people Benjamin to/for to say to go: went and to ambush in/on/with vineyard
And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go—and you have laid wait in the vineyards,
21 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
and have seen, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances—then you have gone out from the vineyards, and each caught his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh for yourselves, and have gone to the land of Benjamin;
22 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
and it has been, when their fathers or their brothers come in to plead to us, that we have said to them, Favor us [by] them, for we have not each taken his wife in battle, for you have not given [wives] to them at this time, [so] you are [not] guilty.”
23 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
And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have seized; and they go, and return to their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.
24 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
And the sons of Israel go up and down there at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they each go out there to his inheritance.
25 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
In those days there is no king in Israel; each does that which is right in his own eyes.
