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Judges 21:15

Benjamin
Grief

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.

14 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.

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

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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
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
KJV
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
WEB
The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
ASV
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
DARBY
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
BLB
And the people grieved for Benjamin, because YHWH had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
ÅB
Og det gjorde folket ondt for Benjamin; for Herren hadde gjort et skår i Israels stammer.
OTB
Folket sørget over Benjamin, da Herren hadde tillatt et tomrom å oppstå blant Israels stammer.
B1930
Og det gjorde folket ondt for Benjamin; for Herren hadde gjort et skår i Israels stammer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 21:6

    And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:13

    For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:11

    And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

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  • Isaiah 30:13

    Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

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  • Isaiah 58:12

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

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  • Judges 21:17

    And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

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