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Judges 21:10 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. "

Judges 21:10

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8 They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah?” Behold, no one came from Jabesh Gilead to the camp to the assembly.

9 For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.

10 The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

11 This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”

12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Judith 15:5

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"But when the children of Israel heard this, they all fell upon them with one accord, and struck them to Chobai. Yes, and in like manner also, people from Jerusalem and from all the hill country came (for men had told them about what happened in their enemies’ camp), and those who were in Gilead and in Galilee fell upon their flank with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and its borders."

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2 Samuel 24:9

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"Joab gave up the sum of the counting of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men."

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"The people, the princes of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”"

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1 Maccabees 5:27

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"and how they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the land of Gilead, and that tomorrow they planned to encamp against the strongholds, and to take them, and to destroy all these men in one day."

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Judges 12:4

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"Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”"

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1 Samuel 31:11

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Judges 21:1

"Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”"

Judges 21:2

"The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely."

Judges 21:3

"They said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”"

Judges 21:4

"On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings."

Judges 21:5

"The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”"

Judges 21:6

"The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today."

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