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1  Now the men³⁷⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ had sworn⁷⁶⁵⁰ in Mizpeh,⁴⁷⁰⁹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ There shall not³⁸⁰⁸ any³⁷⁶ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ us give⁵⁴¹⁴ his daughter¹³²³ unto Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ to wife.⁸⁰²

2  And the people⁵⁹⁷¹ came⁹³⁵ to the house of God,¹⁰⁰⁸ and abode³⁴²⁷ there⁸⁰³³ till⁵⁷⁰⁴ even⁶¹⁵³ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ God,⁴³⁰ and lifted up⁵³⁷⁵ their voices,⁶⁹⁶³ and wept¹⁰⁵⁸ sore;^{1065 1419}

3  And said,⁵⁵⁹ O LORD³⁰⁶⁸ God⁴³⁰ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ why⁴¹⁰⁰ is this²⁰⁶³ come to pass¹⁹⁶¹ in Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ that there should be today³¹¹⁷ one²⁵⁹ tribe⁷⁶²⁶ lacking⁶⁴⁸⁵ in Israel?^{4480 3478}

4  And it came to pass¹⁹⁶¹ on the morrow,^{4480 4283} that the people⁵⁹⁷¹ rose early,⁷⁹²⁵ and built¹¹²⁹ there⁸⁰³³ an altar,⁴¹⁹⁶ and offered⁵⁹²⁷ burnt offerings⁵⁹³⁰ and peace offerings.⁸⁰⁰²

5  And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ said,⁵⁵⁹ Who⁴³¹⁰ is there among all^{4480 3605} the tribes⁷⁶²⁶ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ that⁸³⁴ came not up^{5927 3808} with the congregation⁶⁹⁵¹ unto⁴¹³ the LORD?³⁰⁶⁸ For³⁵⁸⁸ they had made¹⁹⁶¹ a great¹⁴¹⁹ oath⁷⁶²¹ concerning⁸³⁴ him that came not up^{5927 3808} to⁴¹³ the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ to Mizpeh,⁴⁷⁰⁹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ He shall surely be put to death.^{4191 4191}

6  And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ repented⁵¹⁶² them for⁴¹³ Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ their brother,²⁵¹ and said,⁵⁵⁹ There is one²⁵⁹ tribe⁷⁶²⁶ cut off¹⁴³⁸ from Israel^{4480 3478} this day.³¹¹⁷

7  How⁴¹⁰⁰ shall we do⁶²¹³ for wives⁸⁰² for them that remain,³⁴⁹⁸ seeing we⁵⁸⁷ have sworn⁷⁶⁵⁰ by the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ that we will not¹¹¹⁵ give⁵⁴¹⁴ them of our daughters^{4480 1323} to wives?⁸⁰²

8  And they said,⁵⁵⁹ What⁴³¹⁰ one²⁵⁹ is there of the tribes^{4480 7626} of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ that⁸³⁴ came not up^{5927 3808} to Mizpeh⁴⁷⁰⁹ to⁴¹³ the LORD?³⁰⁶⁸ And, behold,²⁰⁰⁹ there came⁹³⁵ none^{3808 376} to⁴¹³ the camp⁴²⁶⁴ from Jabesh-gilead^{4480 3003 1568} to⁴¹³ the assembly.⁶⁹⁵¹

9  For the people⁵⁹⁷¹ were numbered,⁶⁴⁸⁵ and, behold,²⁰⁰⁹ there were none^{369 376} of the inhabitants^{4480 3427} of Jabesh-gilead^{3003 1568} there.⁸⁰³³

10  And the congregation⁵⁷¹² sent⁷⁹⁷¹ hither⁸⁰³³ twelve^{8147 6240} thousand⁵⁰⁵ men³⁷⁶ of the most valiant,^{4480 1121 2428} and commanded⁶⁶⁸⁰ them, saying,⁵⁵⁹ Go¹⁹⁸⁰ and smite^{5221 853} the inhabitants³⁴²⁷ of Jabesh-gilead^{3003 1568} with the edge⁶³¹⁰ of the sword,²⁷¹⁹ with the women⁸⁰² and the children.²⁹⁴⁵

11  And this²⁰⁸⁸ is the thing¹⁶⁹⁷ that⁸³⁴ ye shall do,⁶²¹³ Ye shall utterly destroy²⁷⁶³ every³⁶⁰⁵ male,²¹⁴⁵ and every³⁶⁰⁵ woman⁸⁰² that hath lain^{3045 4904} by man.²¹⁴⁵

12  And they found⁴⁶⁷² among the inhabitants^{4480 3427} of Jabesh-gilead^{3003 1568} four⁷⁰² hundred³⁹⁶⁷ young⁵²⁹¹ virgins,¹³³⁰ that⁸³⁴ had known³⁰⁴⁵ no³⁸⁰⁸ man³⁷⁶ by lying⁴⁹⁰⁴ with any male:²¹⁴⁵ and they brought⁹³⁵ them unto⁴¹³ the camp⁴²⁶⁴ to Shiloh,⁷⁸⁸⁷ which⁸³⁴ is in the land⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan.³⁶⁶⁷

13  And the whole³⁶⁰⁵ congregation⁵⁷¹² sent⁷⁹⁷¹ some to speak¹⁶⁹⁶ to⁴¹³ the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ that⁸³⁴ were in the rock⁵⁵⁵³ Rimmon,⁷⁴¹⁷ and to call⁷¹²¹ peaceably⁷⁹⁶⁵ unto them.

14  And Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ came again⁷⁷²⁵ at that¹⁹³¹ time;⁶²⁵⁶ and they gave⁵⁴¹⁴ them wives⁸⁰² which⁸³⁴ they had saved alive²⁴²¹ of the women^{4480 802} of Jabesh-gilead:^{3003 1568} and yet so³⁶⁵¹ they sufficed⁴⁶⁷² them not.³⁸⁰⁸

15  And the people⁵⁹⁷¹ repented them⁵¹⁶² for Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ because³⁵⁸⁸ that the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ had made⁶²¹³ a breach⁶⁵⁵⁶ in the tribes⁷⁶²⁶ of Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

16  Then the elders²²⁰⁵ of the congregation⁵⁷¹² said,⁵⁵⁹ How⁴¹⁰⁰ shall we do⁶²¹³ for wives⁸⁰² for them that remain,³⁴⁹⁸ seeing³⁵⁸⁸ the women⁸⁰² are destroyed⁸⁰⁴⁵ out of Benjamin?^{4480 1144}

17  And they said,⁵⁵⁹ There must be an inheritance³⁴²⁵ for them that be escaped⁶⁴¹³ of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ that a tribe⁷⁶²⁶ be not³⁸⁰⁸ destroyed⁴²²⁹ out of Israel.^{4480 3478}

18  Howbeit we⁵⁸⁷ may³²⁰¹ not³⁸⁰⁸ give⁵⁴¹⁴ them wives⁸⁰² of our daughters:^{4480 1323} for³⁵⁸⁸ the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ have sworn,⁷⁶⁵⁰ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Cursed⁷⁷⁹ be he that giveth⁵⁴¹⁴ a wife⁸⁰² to Benjamin.¹¹⁴⁴

19  Then they said,⁵⁵⁹ Behold,²⁰⁰⁹ there is a feast²²⁸² of the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ in Shiloh⁷⁸⁸⁷ yearly^{4480 3117 3117} in a place which⁸³⁴ is on the north side^{4480 6828} of Bethel,^{4480 1008} on the east side^{4217 8121} of the highway⁴⁵⁴⁶ that goeth up⁵⁹²⁷ from Bethel^{4480 1008} to Shechem,⁷⁹²⁷ and on the south^{4480 5045} of Lebonah.³⁸²⁹

20  Therefore they commanded^{6680 853} the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Go¹⁹⁸⁰ and lie in wait⁶⁹³ in the vineyards;³⁷⁵⁴

21  And see,⁷²⁰⁰ and, behold,²⁰⁰⁹ if⁵¹⁸ the daughters¹³²³ of Shiloh⁷⁸⁸⁷ come out³³¹⁸ to dance²³⁴² in dances,⁴²⁴⁶ then come ye out³³¹⁸ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ the vineyards,³⁷⁵⁴ and catch²⁴¹⁴ you every man³⁷⁶ his wife⁸⁰² of the daughters^{4480 1323} of Shiloh,⁷⁸⁸⁷ and go¹⁹⁸⁰ to the land⁷⁷⁶ of Benjamin.¹¹⁴⁴

22  And it shall be,¹⁹⁶¹ when³⁵⁸⁸ their fathers¹ or¹⁷⁶ their brethren²⁵¹ come⁹³⁵ unto⁴¹³ us to complain,⁷³⁷⁸ that we will say⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ them, Be favorable²⁶⁰³ unto them for our sakes: because³⁵⁸⁸ we reserved³⁹⁴⁷ not³⁸⁰⁸ to each man³⁷⁶ his wife⁸⁰² in the war:⁴⁴²¹ for³⁵⁸⁸ ye⁸⁵⁹ did not³⁸⁰⁸ give⁵⁴¹⁴ unto them at this time,⁶²⁵⁶ that ye should be guilty.⁸¹⁶

23  And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ did⁶²¹³ so,³⁶⁵¹ and took⁵³⁷⁵ them wives,⁸⁰² according to their number,⁴⁵⁵⁷ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ them that danced,²³⁴² whom⁸³⁴ they caught:¹⁴⁹⁷ and they went¹⁹⁸⁰ and returned⁷⁷²⁵ unto⁴¹³ their inheritance,⁵¹⁵⁹ and repaired^{1129 853} the cities,⁵⁸⁹² and dwelt³⁴²⁷ in them.

24  And the children¹¹²¹ of Israel³⁴⁷⁸ departed¹⁹⁸⁰ thence^{4480 8033} at that¹⁹³¹ time,⁶²⁵⁶ every man³⁷⁶ to his tribe⁷⁶²⁶ and to his family,⁴⁹⁴⁰ and they went out³³¹⁸ from thence^{4480 8033} every man³⁷⁶ to his inheritance.⁵¹⁵⁹

25  In those¹⁹⁹² days³¹¹⁷ there was no³⁶⁹ king⁴⁴²⁸ in Israel:³⁴⁷⁸ every man³⁷⁶ did⁶²¹³ that which was right³⁴⁷⁷ in his own eyes.⁵⁸⁶⁹

Sep

1 καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ὤμοσαν ἐν Μασσηφα λέγοντες ἀνὴρ ἐξ ἡμῶν οὐ δώσει θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ τῷ Βενιαμιν εἰς γυναῖκα

2 καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς Βαιθηλ καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐκεῖ ἕως ἑσπέρας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἦραν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκλαυσαν κλαυθμὸν μέγαν

3 καὶ εἶπαν εἰς τί κύριε θεὲ Ισραηλ ἐγενήθη αὕτη τοῦ ἐπισκεπῆναι σήμερον ἀπὸ Ισραηλ φυλὴν μίαν

4 καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ ὤρθρισεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ τελείας

5 καὶ εἶπον οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τίς οὐκ ἀνέβη ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀπὸ πασῶν φυλῶν Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον ὅτι ὁ ὅρκος μέγας ἦν τοῖς οὐκ ἀναβεβηκόσιν πρὸς κύριον εἰς Μασσηφα λέγοντες θανάτῳ θανατωθήσεται

6 καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ πρὸς Βενιαμιν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν ἐξεκόπη σήμερον φυλὴ μία ἀπὸ Ισραηλ

7 τί ποιήσωμεν αὐτοῖς τοῖς περισσοῖς τοῖς ὑπολειφθεῖσιν εἰς γυναῖκας καὶ ἡμεῖς ὠμόσαμεν ἐν κυρίῳ τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν εἰς γυναῖκας

8 καὶ εἶπαν τίς εἷς ἀπὸ φυλῶν Ισραηλ ὃς οὐκ ἀνέβη πρὸς κύριον εἰς Μασσηφα καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπὸ Ιαβις Γαλααδ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν

9 καὶ ἐπεσκέπη ὁ λαός καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ οἰκούντων Ιαβις Γαλααδ

10 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖ ἡ συναγωγὴ δώδεκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν ἀπὸ υἱῶν τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ἐνετείλαντο αὐτοῖς λέγοντες πορεύεσθε καὶ πατάξατε τοὺς οἰκοῦντας Ιαβις Γαλααδ ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας

11 καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσετε πᾶν ἄρσεν καὶ πᾶσαν γυναῖκα εἰδυῖαν κοίτην ἄρσενος ἀναθεματιεῖτε τὰς δὲ παρθένους περιποιήσεσθε καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως

12 καὶ εὗρον ἀπὸ οἰκούντων Ιαβις Γαλααδ τετρακοσίας νεάνιδας παρθένους αἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἄνδρα εἰς κοίτην ἄρσενος καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν εἰς Σηλων τὴν ἐν γῇ Χανααν

13 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Βενιαμιν ἐν τῇ πέτρᾳ Ρεμμων καὶ ἐκάλεσαν αὐτοὺς εἰς εἰρήνην

14 καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Βενιαμιν πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τὰς γυναῖκας ἃς ἐζωοποίησαν ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Ιαβις Γαλααδ καὶ ἤρεσεν αὐτοῖς οὕτως

15 καὶ ὁ λαὸς παρεκλήθη ἐπὶ τῷ Βενιαμιν ὅτι ἐποίησεν κύριος διακοπὴν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς Ισραηλ

16 καὶ εἶπον οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς συναγωγῆς τί ποιήσωμεν τοῖς περισσοῖς εἰς γυναῖκας ὅτι ἠφανίσθη ἀπὸ Βενιαμιν γυνή

17 καὶ εἶπαν κληρονομία διασῳζομένων τῷ Βενιαμιν καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται φυλὴ ἀπὸ Ισραηλ

18 ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνησόμεθα δοῦναι αὐτοῖς γυναῖκας ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν ὅτι ὠμόσαμεν ἐν υἱοῖς Ισραηλ λέγοντες ἐπικατάρατος ὁ διδοὺς γυναῖκα τῷ Βενιαμιν

19 καὶ εἶπαν ἰδοὺ δὴ ἑορτὴ κυρίου ἐν Σηλων ἀφ᾽ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας ἥ ἐστιν ἀπὸ βορρᾶ τῆς Βαιθηλ κατ᾽ ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἀναβαινούσης ἀπὸ Βαιθηλ εἰς Συχεμ καὶ ἀπὸ νότου τῆς Λεβωνα

20 καὶ ἐνετείλαντο τοῖς υἱοῖς Βενιαμιν λέγοντες πορεύεσθε ἐνεδρεύσατε ἐν τοῖς ἀμπελῶσιν

21 καὶ ὄψεσθε καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐὰν ἐξέλθωσιν αἱ θυγατέρες τῶν οἰκούντων Σηλων χορεύειν ἐν τοῖς χοροῖς καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε ἐκ τῶν ἀμπελώνων καὶ ἁρπάσατε ἑαυτοῖς ἀνὴρ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Σηλων καὶ πορεύεσθε εἰς γῆν Βενιαμιν

22 καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἔλθωσιν οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν ἢ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν κρίνεσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐροῦμεν αὐτοῖς ἔλεος ποιήσατε ἡμῖν αὐτάς ὅτι οὐκ ἐλάβομεν ἀνὴρ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ παρατάξει ὅτι οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἐδώκατε αὐτοῖς ὡς καιρὸς πλημμελήσατε

23 καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμιν καὶ ἔλαβον γυναῖκας εἰς ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν χορευουσῶν ὧν ἥρπασαν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτῶν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὰς πόλεις καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν αὐταῖς

24 καὶ περιεπάτησαν ἐκεῖθεν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνὴρ εἰς φυλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς συγγένειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐκεῖθεν ἀνὴρ εἰς κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ

25 ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ισραηλ ἀνὴρ τὸ εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐποίει

Sep

1 καὶ ἀνὴρ Ισραηλ ὤμοσεν ἐν Μασσηφα λέγων ἀνὴρ ἐξ ἡμῶν οὐ δώσει τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ τῷ Βενιαμιν εἰς γυναῖκα

2 καὶ παρεγένοντο πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς Μασσηφα καὶ Βαιθηλ καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐκεῖ ἕως ἑσπέρας ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐπῆραν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκλαυσαν κλαυθμὸν μέγαν

3 καὶ εἶπαν ἵνα τί κύριε ὁ θεὸς Ισραηλ ἐγενήθη αὕτη ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ τοῦ ἐπισκεπῆναι σήμερον ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ φυλὴν μίαν

4 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ ὤρθρισεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν ὁλοκαυτώματα σωτηρίου

5 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ τίς ὁ μὴ ἀναβὰς ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν Ισραηλ πρὸς κύριον ὅτι ὅρκος μέγας ἦν τῷ μὴ ἀναβάντι πρὸς κύριον εἰς Μασσηφα λέγοντες θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖται

6 καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ περὶ Βενιαμιν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπαν ἀφῄρηται σήμερον φυλὴ μία ἐξ Ισραηλ

7 τί ποιήσωμεν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὑπολειφθεῖσιν εἰς γυναῖκας καὶ ἡμεῖς ὠμόσαμεν ἐν κυρίῳ τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν εἰς γυναῖκας

8 καὶ εἶπαν τίς μία τῶν φυλῶν Ισραηλ ἥτις οὐκ ἀνέβη πρὸς κύριον εἰς Μασσηφα καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπὸ Ιαβις Γαλααδ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν

9 καὶ ἐπεσκέπη ὁ λαός καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ ἀνὴρ ἀπὸ τῶν κατοικούντων Ιαβις Γαλααδ

10 καὶ ἀπέστειλαν ἐκεῖ ἡ συναγωγὴ δώδεκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ ἐνετείλαντο αὐτοῖς λέγοντες πορεύθητε καὶ πατάξατε πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ιαβις Γαλααδ ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὸν λαόν

11 καὶ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν ποιήσετε πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν καὶ πᾶσαν γυναῖκα γινώσκουσαν κοίτην ἄρσενος ἀναθεματιεῖτε

12 καὶ εὗρον ἀπὸ τῶν κατοικούντων Ιαβις Γαλααδ τετρακοσίας νεάνιδας παρθένους αἳ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἄνδρα εἰς κοίτην ἄρσενος καὶ ἦγον αὐτὰς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν εἰς Σηλω ἥ ἐστιν ἐν γῇ Χανααν

13 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς Βενιαμιν τὸν ἐν τῇ πέτρᾳ Ρεμμων καὶ ἐκάλεσαν αὐτοὺς εἰς εἰρήνην

14 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν Βενιαμιν πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς γυναῖκας αἵτινες ἦσαν ἐκ τῶν γυναικῶν Ιαβις Γαλααδ καὶ ἤρεσεν αὐτοῖς οὕτως

15 καὶ ὁ λαὸς παρεκλήθη τῷ Βενιαμιν ὅτι ἐποίησεν κύριος διακοπὴν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς Ισραηλ

16 καὶ εἶπαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς συναγωγῆς τί ποιήσωμεν τοῖς ἐπιλοίποις εἰς γυναῖκας ὅτι ἠφάνισται ἐκ τοῦ Βενιαμιν γυνή

17 καὶ εἶπαν κληρονομία διασεσῳσμένη τῷ Βενιαμιν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξαλειφθῇ φυλὴ ἐξ Ισραηλ

18 καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐ δυνησόμεθα δοῦναι αὐτοῖς γυναῖκας ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ἡμῶν ὅτι ὠμόσαμεν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ λέγοντες ἐπικατάρατος ὁ διδοὺς γυναῖκα τῷ Βενιαμιν

19 καὶ εἶπαν ἑορτὴ τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν Σηλω ἀφ᾽ ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέρας ἥ ἐστιν ἀπὸ βορρᾶ τῆς Βαιθηλ κατ᾽ ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τῇ ἀναβαινούσῃ ἐκ Βαιθηλ εἰς Σικιμα καὶ ἀπὸ νότου τοῦ Λιβάνου τῆς Λεβωνα

20 καὶ ἐνετείλαντο τοῖς υἱοῖς Βενιαμιν λέγοντες διέλθατε καὶ ἐνεδρεύσατε ἐν τοῖς ἀμπελῶσιν

21 καὶ ὄψεσθε καὶ ἰδοὺ ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθωσιν αἱ θυγατέρες τῶν κατοικούντων Σηλω ἐν Σηλω χορεῦσαι ἐν χοροῖς καὶ ἐξελεύσεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀμπελώνων καὶ ἁρπάσετε ἀνὴρ ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων Σηλω καὶ ἀπελεύσεσθε εἰς γῆν Βενιαμιν

22 καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἔλθωσιν οἱ πατέρες αὐτῶν ἢ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν κρίνεσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἐροῦμεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἐλεήσατε αὐτούς ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαβον ἀνὴρ γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ οὐ γὰρ ὑμεῖς δεδώκατε αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἐπλημμελήσατε

23 καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμιν καὶ ἔλαβον γυναῖκας κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν χορευουσῶν ἃς διήρπασαν καὶ ἀπῆλθον καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν ἐπὶ τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτῶν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς πόλεις καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐν αὐταῖς

24 καὶ περιεπάτησαν ἐκεῖθεν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν φυλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὴν συγγένειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπῆλθον ἐκεῖθεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ

25 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις οὐκ ἦν βασιλεὺς ἐν Ισραηλ ἀνὴρ ἕκαστος τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐποίει

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‎1 ‏וְאִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִשְׁבַּ֥ע בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לֹא־יִתֵּ֥ן בִּתּ֛וֹ לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

‎2 ‏וַיָּבֹ֤א הָעָם֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ עַד־הָעֶ֔רֶב לִפְנֵ֖י הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ קוֹלָ֔ם וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל׃

‎3 ‏וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לָמָ֗ה יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָ֥יְתָה זֹּ֖את בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְהִפָּקֵ֥ד הַיּ֛וֹם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָֽד׃

‎4 ‏וַֽיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ הָעָ֔ם וַיִּבְנוּ־שָׁ֖ם מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיַּעֲל֥וּ עֹל֖וֹת וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ פ

‎5 ‏וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ֠י אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־עָלָ֧ה בַקָּהָ֛ל מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה הָיְתָ֗ה לַ֠אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָ֨ה אֶל־יְהוָ֧ה הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

‎6 ‏וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־בִּנְיָמִ֖ן אָחִ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נִגְדַּ֥ע הַיּ֛וֹם שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָ֖ד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

‎7 ‏מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ בַֽיהוָ֔ה לְבִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת־לָהֶ֥ם מִבְּנוֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְנָשִֽׁים׃

‎8 ‏וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֗י אֶחָד֙ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־עָלָ֥ה אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וְ֠הִנֵּה לֹ֣א בָא־אִ֧ישׁ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁ גִּלְעָ֖ד אֶל־הַקָּהָֽל׃

‎9 ‏וַיִּתְפָּקֵ֖ד הָעָ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־שָׁם֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֖י יָבֵ֥שׁ גִּלְעָֽד׃

‎10 ‏וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־שָׁ֣ם הָעֵדָ֗ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל וַיְצַוּ֨וּ אוֹתָ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר לְ֠כוּ וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יָבֵ֤שׁ גִּלְעָד֙ לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים וְהַטָּֽף׃

‎11 ‏וְזֶ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ כָּל־זָכָ֗ר וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֛ה יֹדַ֥עַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָ֖ר תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃

‎12 ‏וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י׀ יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָדְעָ֛ה אִ֖ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ אוֹתָ֤ם אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃ ס

‎13 ‏וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם שָׁלֽוֹם׃

‎14 ‏וַיָּ֤שָׁב בִּנְיָמִן֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ הַנָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חִיּ֔וּ מִנְּשֵׁ֖י יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד וְלֹֽא־מָצְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם כֵּֽן׃

‎15 ‏וְהָעָ֥ם נִחָ֖ם לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה פֶּ֖רֶץ בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

‎16 ‏וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ זִקְנֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה׃

‎17 ‏וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

‎18 ‏וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֥א נוּכַ֛ל לָתֵת־לָהֶ֥ם נָשִׁ֖ים מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אָר֕וּר נֹתֵ֥ן אִשָּׁ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ ס

‎19 ‏וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ הִנֵּה֩ חַג־יְהוָ֨ה בְּשִׁל֜וֹ מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ יָמִ֗ימָה אֲשֶׁ֞ר מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל֙ מִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּ֔ה הָעֹלָ֥ה מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל שְׁכֶ֑מָה וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃

‎20 ‏ויצו וַיְצַוּ֕וּ אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר לְכ֖וּ וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃

‎21 ‏וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם וְ֠הִנֵּה אִם־יֵ֨צְא֥וּ בְנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ֮ לָח֣וּל בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ מִן־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מִבְּנ֣וֹת שִׁיל֑וֹ וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם אֶ֥רֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

‎22 ‏וְהָיָ֡ה כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם לרוב לָרִ֣יב׀ אֵלֵ֗ינוּ וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ חָנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ ס

‎23 ‏וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשִׁים֙ לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּזָ֑לוּ וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ אֶל־נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם וַיִּבְנוּ֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃

‎24 ‏וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא אִ֥ישׁ לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וַיֵּצְא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

‎25 ‏בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Vul

1 Juraverunt quoque filii Israël in Maspha, et dixerunt: Nullus nostrum dabit filiis Benjamin de filiabus suis uxorem.

2 Veneruntque omnes ad domum Dei in Silo, et in conspectu ejus sedentes usque ad vesperam, levaverunt vocem, et magno ululatu cœperunt flere, dicentes:

3 Quare, Domine Deus Israël, factum est hoc malum in populo tuo, ut hodie una tribus auferretur ex nobis?

4 Altera autem die diluculo consurgentes, exstruxerunt altare: obtuleruntque ibi holocausta, et pacificas victimas, et dixerunt:

5 Quis non ascendit in exercitu Domini de universis tribubus Israël? grandi enim juramento se constrinxerant, cum essent in Maspha, interfici eos qui defuissent.

6 Ductique pœnitentia filii Israël super fratre suo Benjamin, cœperunt dicere: Ablata est tribus una de Israël:

7 unde uxores accipient? omnes enim in commune juravimus, non daturos nos his filias nostras.

8 Idcirco dixerunt: Quis est de universis tribubus Israël, qui non ascendit ad Dominum in Maspha? Et ecce inventi sunt habitatores Jabes Galaad in illo exercitu non fuisse.

9 (Eo quoque tempore cum essent in Silo, nullus ex eis ibi repertus est.)

10 Miserunt itaque decem millia viros robustissimos, et præceperunt eis: Ite, et percutite habitatores Jabes Galaad in ore gladii, tam uxores quam parvulos eorum.

11 Et hoc erit quod observare debebitis: omne generis masculini, et mulieres quæ cognoverunt viros, interficite; virgines autem reservate.

12 Inventæque sunt de Jabes Galaad quadringentæ virgines, quæ nescierunt viri thorum: et adduxerunt eas ad castra in Silo, in terram Chanaan.

13 Miseruntque nuntios ad filios Benjamin, qui erant in petra Remmon, et præceperunt eis, ut eos susciperent in pace.

14 Veneruntque filii Benjamin in illo tempore, et datæ sunt eis uxores de filiabus Jabes Galaad: alias autem non repererunt, quas simili modo traderent.

15 Universusque Israël valde doluit, et egit pœnitentiam super interfectione unius tribus ex Israël.

16 Dixeruntque majores natu: Quid faciemus reliquis, qui non acceperunt uxores? omnes in Benjamin feminæ conciderunt,

17 et magna nobis cura, ingentique studio providendum est, ne una tribus deleatur ex Israël.

18 Filias enim nostras eis dare non possumus, constricti juramento et maledictione qua diximus: Maledictus qui dederit de filiabus suis uxorem Benjamin.

19 Ceperuntque consilium, atque dixerunt: Ecce solemnitas Domini est in Silo anniversaria, quæ sita est ad septentrionem urbis Bethel, et ad orientalem plagam viæ, quæ de Bethel tendit ad Sichimam, et ad meridiem oppidi Lebona.

20 Præceperuntque filiis Benjamin, atque dixerunt: Ite, ad latitate in vineis.

21 Cumque videritis filias Silo ad ducendos choros ex more procedere, exite repente de vineis, et rapite ex eis singuli uxores singulas, et pergite in terram Benjamin.

22 Cumque venerint patres earum, ac fratres, et adversum vos queri cœperint atque jurgari, dicemus eis: Miseremini eorum: non enim rapuerunt eas jure bellantium atque victorum: sed rogantibus ut acciperent, non dedistis, et a vestra parte peccatum est.

23 Feceruntque filii Benjamin ut sibi fuerat imperatum: et juxta numerum suum, rapuerunt sibi de his quæ ducebant choros, uxores singulas: abieruntque in possessionem suam ædificantes urbes, et habitantes in eis.

24 Filii quoque Israël reversi sunt per tribus et familias in tabernacula sua. In diebus illis non erat rex in Israël: sed unusquisque quod sibi rectum videbatur, hoc faciebat.