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Selected Verse: Judges 21:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Jud 21:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Then the elders [02205] of the congregation [05712] said [0559], How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing the women [0802] are destroyed [08045] out of Benjamin [01144]? |
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King James |
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE ELDERS CONSULT HOW TO FIND WIVES FOR THOSE THAT WERE LEFT. (Jdg 21:16-21)
the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain--Though the young women of Jabesh-gilead had been carefully spared, the supply was found inadequate, and some other expedient must be resorted to. |
16 Then the elders [02205] of the congregation [05712] said [0559], How shall we do [06213] for wives [0802] for them that remain [03498], seeing the women [0802] are destroyed [08045] out of Benjamin [01144]?
17 And they said [0559], There must be an inheritance [03425] for them that be escaped [06413] of Benjamin [01144], that a tribe [07626] be not destroyed [04229] out of Israel [03478].
18 Howbeit we may [03201] not give [05414] them wives [0802] of our daughters [01323]: for the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have sworn [07650], saying [0559], Cursed [0779] be he that giveth [05414] a wife [0802] to Benjamin [01144].
19 Then they said [0559], Behold, there is a feast [02282] of the LORD [03068] in Shiloh [07887] yearly [03117] [03117] in a place which is on the north side [06828] of Bethel [01008], on the east side [04217] [08121] of the highway [04546] that goeth up [05927] from Bethel [01008] to Shechem [07927], and on the south [05045] of Lebonah [03829].
20 Therefore they commanded [06680] the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144], saying [0559], Go [03212] and lie in wait [0693] in the vineyards [03754];
21 And see [07200], and, behold, if the daughters [01323] of Shiloh [07887] come out [03318] to dance [02342] in dances [04246], then come ye out [03318] of the vineyards [03754], and catch [02414] you every man [0376] his wife [0802] of the daughters [01323] of Shiloh [07887], and go [01980] to the land [0776] of Benjamin [01144].