Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Judges Chapter 1 to 21)

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Judges 21:12 (NLT)

12 Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

 

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Judges 21:13 (NLT)

13 The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the remaining people of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Judges 21:14 (NLT) - 14 Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Judges 21:15 (NLT) - 15 The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.

 

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Judges 21:16 (NLT)

16 So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead?

 

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Judges 21:17(NLT)

17 There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.

 

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Judges 21:18 (NLT)

18 But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God’s curse.”

 

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Judges 21:19 (NLT)

19 Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, south of Lebonah and north of Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.

 

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Judges 21:20 (NLT)

20 They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, “Go and hide in the vineyards.

 

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Judges 21:21 (NLT)

21 When you see the young women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to the land of Benjamin to be your wife!

 

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Judges 21:22 (NLT)

22 And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn’t find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.’”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Judges 21:23 (NLT) - 23 So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. Each man caught one of the women as she danced in the celebration and carried her off to be his wife. They returned to their own land, and they rebuilt their towns and lived in them.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Judges 21:24 (NLT) - 24 Then the people of Israel departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Judges 21:25 (NLT) - 25 In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.