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|Juízes 21:1|
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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|Juízes 21:2|
The people went to Bethel, where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.
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|Juízes 21:3|
“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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|Juízes 21:4|
Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
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|Juízes 21:5|
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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|Juízes 21:6|
Now the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said.
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|Juízes 21:7|
“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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|Juízes 21:8|
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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|Juízes 21:9|
For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
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|Juízes 21:10|
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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