Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Judges 21:6
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And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
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And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
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The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
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And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
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Judges 21
4 The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
7 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
8 So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
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