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Judges 21:14

BenjaminJabesh-gilead

12 So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

13 Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.

15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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BSB
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
KJV
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
WEB
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them.
ASV
And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
DARBY
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them the wives whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead; but even so they found not enough for them.
BLB
And Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave to them the women whom they had saved alive of the women from Jabesh-gilead, and they had found not for them enough.
ÅB
Da vendte Benjamin med én gang tilbake, og de gav dem de kvinner som de hadde latt bli i live blant kvinnene i Jabes i Gilead; men det ble ikke nok for dem.
OTB
Benjaminittene vendte tilbake på den tiden, og de ga dem kvinnene fra Jabesj-Gilead som var blitt spart, men det var ikke nok for dem.
B1930
Da vendte Benjamin med én gang tilbake, og de gav dem de kvinner som de hadde latt bli i live blandt kvinnene i Jabes i Gilead; men det blev ikke nok for dem.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:2

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

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  • Judges 20:47

    But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.

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  • Judges 21:12

    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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