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Judges 21:11

9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 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.

13 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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
KJV
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
WEB
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”
ASV
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
DARBY
And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
BLB
And this [is] the thing that you⁺ shall do: Every male and every woman knowing the lying of a male you⁺ shall devote to destruction.”
ÅB
Slik skal dere gjøre: Alt mannkjønn og hver kvinne som har hatt samleie med noen mann, skal dere slå med bann.
OTB
«Dette er hva dere skal gjøre,» befalte de. «Ødelegg hver mann og hver kvinne som har ligget med en mann.»
B1930
Således skal I gjøre: Alt mannkjønn og hver kvinne som har hatt samleie med nogen mann, skal I slå med bann.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 31:17–18

    Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:34

    And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

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