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Judges 21:4

2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.

3 “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”

The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

5 The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

6 And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

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BSB
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
WEB
On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
ASV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
DARBY
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.
BLB
And it came to pass on the next morning that the people rose early and built there an altar, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
ÅB
Den følgende dag sto folket tidlig opp og bygget et alter der og ofret brennoffer og takkoffer.
OTB
Neste dag sto folket tidlig opp, bygde et alter og bar fram brennoffer og fredsoffer.
B1930
Den følgende dag stod folket tidlig op og bygget et alter der og ofret brennoffer og takkoffer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 24:25

    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

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  • Judges 6:26

    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”

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  • Hosea 5:15

    Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

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  • Exodus 20:24–25

    You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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  • Psalms 78:34–35

    When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

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  • Hebrews 13:10

    We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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  • 1 Kings 8:64

    On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

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