Judges 21:5-11

⁵The 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.

⁶And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

⁷What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

⁸So 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.

⁹For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.

¹⁰So the congregation sent 12, 000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.

¹¹This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”

— Judges 21:5-11

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Cross References for Judges 21:5-11

• Judges 5:23
• Judges 21:1
• 1 Samuel 11:7
• Judges 21:18
• 1 Samuel 31:11-13
• Judges 21:15
• Judges 21:5
• Numbers 31:17-18
• Leviticus 27:28-29
• 1 Samuel 14:28-29

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