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Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
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Back at Mizpah the men of Israel had taken an oath: "No man among us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage."
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The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: "Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite."
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Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, "None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife."
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The Israelites had vowed at Mizpah never to give their daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin.
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And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
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Now, back in Bethel, the people sat in the presence of God until evening. They cried loudly; there was widespread lamentation.
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The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
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Then the people came to the house of God, and remained there before God till evening. They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
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And the people went to Bethel and sat in the presence of God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
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And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
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They said, "Why, O GOD, God of Israel, has this happened? Why do we find ourselves today missing one whole tribe from Israel?"
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"O LORD, the God of Israel," they cried, "why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing from Israel today?"
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and said, "O LORD God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?"
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"O LORD, God of Israel," they cried out, "why has this happened? Now one of our tribes is missing!"
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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Early the next morning, the people got busy and built an altar. They sacrificed Whole-Burnt-Offerings and Peace-Offerings.
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Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
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So it was, on the next morning, that the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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Early the next morning the people built an altar and presented their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it.
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And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
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Then the Israelites said, "Who from all the tribes of Israel didn't show up as we gathered in the presence of GOD?" For they had all taken a sacred oath that anyone who had not gathered in the presence of GOD at Mizpah had to be put to death. [JC]
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Then the Israelites asked, "Who from all the tribes of Israel has failed to assemble before the LORD?" For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah should certainly be put to death.
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The children of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who had not come up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."
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Then they said, "Was any tribe of Israel not represented when we held our council in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah?" At that time they had taken a solemn oath in the LORD's presence, vowing that anyone who refused to come must die.
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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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But the People of Israel were feeling sorry for Benjamin, their brothers. They said, "Today, one tribe is cut off from Israel.
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Now the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites. "Today one tribe is cut off from Israel," they said.
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And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel today.
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The Israelites felt deep sadness for Benjamin and said, "Today we have lost one of the tribes from our family; it is nearly wiped out.
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How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
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How can we get wives for those who are left? We have sworn by GOD not to give any of our daughters to them in marriage."
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"How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?"
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What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?"
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How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?"
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And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
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They said, "Which one of the tribes of Israel didn't gather before GOD at Mizpah?" It turned out that no one had come to the gathering from Jabesh Gilead.
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Then they asked, "Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?" They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
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And they said, "What one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Mizpah to the LORD?" And, in fact, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
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So they asked, "Was anyone absent when we presented ourselves to the LORD at Mizpah?" And they discovered that no one from Jabesh-gilead had attended.
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For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
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When they took a roll call of the people, not a single person from Jabesh Gilead was there.
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For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
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For when the people were counted, indeed, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.
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For after they counted all the people, no one from Jabesh-gilead was present.
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And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
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So the congregation sent twelve divisions of their top men there with the command, "Kill everyone of Jabesh Gilead, including women and children.
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So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children.
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So the congregation sent out there twelve thousand of their most valiant men, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and children.
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So they sent twelve thousand warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.
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And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
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These are your instructions: Every man and woman who has had sexual intercourse you must kill. But keep the virgins alive." And that's what they did.
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"This is what you are to do," they said. "Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin."
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And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately."
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"This is what you are to do," they said. "Completely destroy all the males and every woman who is not a virgin."
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And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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And they found 400 virgins among those who lived in Jabesh Gilead; they had never had sexual intercourse with a man. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
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So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found four hundred 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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And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
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Then the congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the Rimmon Rock and offered them peace.
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Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.
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Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them.
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The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the little remnant of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon.
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And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
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And Benjamin came. They gave them the women they had let live at Jabesh Gilead. But even then, there weren't enough for all the men.
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So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.
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So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.
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Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the four hundred women of Jabesh-gilead who were spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.
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And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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The people felt bad for Benjamin; GOD had left out Benjamin--the missing piece from the Israelite tribes. [JC]
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The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
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And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
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The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had left this gap in the tribes of Israel.
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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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The elders of the congregation said, "How can we get wives for the rest of the men, since all the Benjaminite women have been killed?
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And the elders of the assembly said, "With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?
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Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?"
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So the Israelite leaders asked, "How can we find wives for the few who remain, since all the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead?
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And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
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How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction?
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The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
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And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.
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There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel will not be lost forever.
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Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
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We certainly can't give our own daughters to them as wives." (Remember, the Israelites had taken the oath: "Cursed is anyone who provides a wife to Benjamin.")
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We can't give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.'
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However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, "Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin."'
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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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Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
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Then they said, "There is that festival of GOD held every year in Shiloh. It's north of Bethel, just east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem and a little south of Lebonah."
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But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, to the north of Bethel, and east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of Lebonah."
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Then they said, "In fact, there is a yearly feast of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."
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Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, between Lebonah and Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.
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Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
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So they told the Benjaminites, "Go and hide in the vineyards.
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So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, "Go and hide in the vineyards
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Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, "Go, lie in wait in the vineyards,
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They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, "Go and hide in the vineyards.
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And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
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Stay alert--when you see the Shiloh girls come out to dance the dances, run out of the vineyards, grab one of the Shiloh girls for your wife, and then hightail it back to the country of Benjamin.
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and watch. When the girls of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, then rush from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife from the girls of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin.
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and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin.
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When the women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to be your wife!
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And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
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When their fathers or brothers come to lay charges against us, we'll tell them, "We did them a favor. After all we didn't go to war and kill to get wives for men. And it wasn't as if you were in on it by giving consent. But if you keep this up, you will incur blame.'"
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When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, 'Do us a kindness by helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war, and you are innocent, since you did not give your daughters to them.'"
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Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, "Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath."'
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And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, `Please be understanding. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find enough wives for them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not give your daughters in marriage to them.'"
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And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
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And that's what the Benjaminites did: They carried off girls from the dance, wives enough for their number, got away, and went home to their inheritance. They rebuilt their towns and settled down.
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So that is what the Benjamites did. While the girls were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.
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And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.
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So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. They kidnapped the women who took part in the celebration and carried them off to the land of their own inheritance. Then they rebuilt their towns and lived in them.
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And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
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From there the People of Israel dispersed, each man heading back to his own tribe and clan, each to his own plot of land.
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At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.
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So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.
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So the assembly of Israel departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes.
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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At that time there was no king in Israel. People did whatever they felt like doing.
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In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.
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In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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In those days Israel had no king, so the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
