Judges 17:1-21:25
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There was a man of t the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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And he said to his mother, "The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, u "Blessed be my son by the Lord."
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And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, "I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make v a carved image and w a metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you."
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So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother x took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
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And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made y an ephod and z household gods, and a ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.
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b In those days there was no king in Israel. c Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Now there was a young man of d Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to e the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
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And Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place."
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And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me f a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.
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And the Levite g was content to dwell with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.
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And Micah h ordained the Levite, and the young man i became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
Judges 18
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j In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days k the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
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So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, l from Zorah and from Eshtaol, m to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came n to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?"
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And he said to them, "This is how Micah dealt with me: o he has hired me, and I have become his priest."
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And they said to him, p "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed."
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And the priest said to them, q "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord."
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Then the five men departed and came to r Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, s quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how t they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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And when they came to their brothers at u Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, "What do you report?"
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They said, v "Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. w And will you do nothing? x Do not be slow to go, to enter in and possess the land.
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As soon as you go, you will come to an y unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, z a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth."
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So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, a armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol,
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and went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. On this account that place is called b Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of c Kiriath-jearim.
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And they passed on from there to d the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
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Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that e in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do."
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And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and f asked him about his welfare.
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Now the 600 men of the Danites, g armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.
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And h the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took i the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
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And when these went into Micah's house and took i the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
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And they said to him, "Keep quiet; j put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us k a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?"
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And the priest's heart was glad. He took the ephod and the household gods and the carved image and went along with the people.
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So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and l the goods in front of them.
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When they had gone a distance from the home of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house were called out, and they overtook the people of Dan.
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And they shouted to the people of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, "What is the matter with you, that you come with such a company?"
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And he said, m "You take my gods that I made and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then do you ask me, 'What is the matter with you?'"
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And the people of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life with the lives of your household."
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Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.
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But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people n quiet and unsuspecting, and o struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
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And there was no deliverer because it was p far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to q Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
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And they named the city r Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but s the name of the city was Laish at the first.
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And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, t son of Moses, u and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day v of the captivity of the land.
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So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, w as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
Judges 19
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In those days, x when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of y the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from z Bethlehem in Judah.
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And his concubine was unfaithful to him, and she went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months.
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Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house. And when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him.
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And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there.
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And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, a "Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go."
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So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and b let your heart be merry."
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And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.
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And on the fifth day he arose early in the morning to depart. And the girl's father said, c "Strengthen your heart and wait until the day declines." So they ate, both of them.
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And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold, now the day has waned toward evening. Please, spend the night. Behold, the day draws to its close. Lodge here and let your heart be merry, and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home."
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But the man would not spend the night. He rose up and departed and arrived opposite d Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.
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When they were near Jebus, the day was nearly over, and the servant said to his master, "Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it."
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And his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel, but we will pass on to e Gibeah."
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And he said to his young man, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places and spend the night at Gibeah or at f Ramah."
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So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin,
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and they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibeah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city, g for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
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And behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening. The man was from h the hill country of Ephraim, and he was sojourning in Gibeah. i The men of the place were Benjaminites.
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And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city. And the old man said, "Where are you going? And where do you come from?"
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And he said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going j to the house of the Lord, g but no one has taken me into his house.
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We have straw and feed for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and your female servant and the young man with your servants. k There is no lack of anything."
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And the old man said, l "Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants. m Only, do not spend the night in the square."
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So he brought him into his house and gave the donkeys feed. n And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
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As they were o making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, p surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him."
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And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, q do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, r do not do this vile thing.
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s Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out now. t Violate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man r do not do this outrageous thing."
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But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.
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And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.
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And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
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He said to her, "Get up, let us be going." u But there was no answer. Then he put her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went away to his home.
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And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he v divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
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w And all who saw it said, "Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; x consider it, take counsel, and speak."
Judges 20
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Then y all the people of Israel came out, z from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at a Mizpah.
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And the b chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot c that drew the sword.
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(Now the people of Benjamin heard that the people of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the people of Israel said, "Tell us, how did this evil happen?"
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And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, d "I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.
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e And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.
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f So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and g outrage in Israel.
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Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, h give your advice and counsel here."
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And all the people arose as one man, saying, "None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.
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But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot,
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and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin, for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel."
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So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.
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i And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What evil is this that has taken place among you?
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Now therefore give up the men, j the worthless fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death k and purge evil from Israel." But the Benjaminites would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the people of Israel.
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Then the people of Benjamin came together out of the cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the people of Israel.
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And the people of Benjamin mustered out of their cities on that day l 26,000 men m who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men.
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Among all these were 700 chosen men who were n left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
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And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered m 400,000 men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.
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The people of Israel arose and went up to o Bethel and inquired of God, p "Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, p "Judah shall go up first."
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Then the people of Israel rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.
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And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin, and the men of Israel drew up the battle line against them at Gibeah.
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q The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.
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But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.
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r And the people of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening. And they inquired of the Lord, "Shall we again draw near to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, "Go up against them."
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So the people of Israel came near against the people of Benjamin the second day.
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And Benjamin s went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who t drew the sword.
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Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to u Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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And the people of Israel inquired of the Lord v (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
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and w Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, x ministered before it in those days), saying, "Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?" And the Lord said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand."
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y So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah.
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And the people of Israel went up against the people of Benjamin on the third day and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
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And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, z one of which goes up to a Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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And the people of Benjamin said, b "They are routed before us, as at the first." But the people of Israel said, "Let us flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."
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And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar, and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place from Maareh-geba.
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And there came against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard, c but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.
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And the Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, and the people of Israel destroyed 25,100 men of Benjamin that day. All these were men who d drew the sword.
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So the people of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.
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e Then the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush moved out and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
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Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in the main ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city
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the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel. They said, f "Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle."
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But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, g the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.
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Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, h for they saw that disaster was close upon them.
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Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in i the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them. And those who came out of the cities were destroying them in their midst.
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Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gibeah on the east.
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Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.
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And they turned i and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of j Rimmon. Five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways. And they were pursued hard to Gidom, and 2,000 men of them were struck down.
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So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
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But 600 men turned and i fled toward the wilderness to the rock of j Rimmon and remained at the rock of Rimmon four months.
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And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found they set on fire.
Judges 21
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Now the men of Israel had sworn k at Mizpah, "No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin."
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And the people came to l Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
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And they said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?"
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And the next day the people rose early and m built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
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And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?" n For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death."
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And the people of Israel o had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
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p What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?"
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And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from q Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
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For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of q Jabesh-gilead was there.
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So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, r "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.
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This is what you shall do: s every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction."
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And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at t Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the u rock of Rimmon and v proclaimed peace to them.
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And Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.
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And the people w had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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Then the elders of the congregation said, x "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
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And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
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Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters." y For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
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So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of z the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."
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And they commanded the people of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards
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and watch. If the daughters of Shiloh come out to a dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and snatch each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
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And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us, because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"
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And the people of Benjamin did so and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off. Then they went and returned to their inheritance b and rebuilt the towns and lived in them.
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And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
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c In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Judges 17:8
And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
Judges 18:2
So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Ruth 3:10
And he said, "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.
1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
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Exodus 20:4
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
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Leviticus 19:4
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
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Isaiah 46:6
Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
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Judges 8:27
And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.
Judges 18:17
And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
Exodus 28:6 - 35
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked.
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Genesis 31:19
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.
Hosea 3:4
For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods.
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Judges 17:12
And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
1 Kings 13:33
After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he ordained to be priests of the high places.
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Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
Judges 19:1
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Deuteronomy 12:8
You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes.
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Judges 19:1
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Ruth 1:1 - 2
In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
Matthew 2:1
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.
Matthew 2:5 - 6
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 18:19
And they said to him, "Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?
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Exodus 2:21
And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah.
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Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and ordained one of his sons, who became his priest.
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Judges 18:30
And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
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Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Judges 1:34
The Amorites pressed the people of Dan back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain.
Joshua 19:47 - 48
When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.
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Judges 18:8
And when they came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, "What do you report?
Judges 18:11
So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Numbers 13:17
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country.
Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.
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Judges 17:1
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Judges 17:8
And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.
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Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.
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Joshua 19:47
When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.
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Judges 18:10
As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.
Judges 18:27
But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
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Judges 18:28
And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. Then they rebuilt the city and lived in it.
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Judges 18:2
So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Judges 18:11
So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Numbers 13:20
And whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
Joshua 2:23 - 24
Then the two men returned. They came down from the hills and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.
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1 Kings 22:3
And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
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Joshua 18:3
So Joshua said to the people of Israel, "How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you?
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Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
Judges 18:27
But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.
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Judges 19:19
We have straw and feed for our donkeys, with bread and wine for me and your female servant and the young man with your servants. There is no lack of anything.
Deuteronomy 8:9
A land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
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Judges 18:16
Now the 600 men of the Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood by the entrance of the gate.
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Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Joshua 15:60
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
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Judges 18:2
So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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Judges 17:4 - 5
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
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Genesis 43:27
And he inquired about their welfare and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
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Judges 18:11
So 600 men of the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Judges 18:2
So the people of Dan sent five able men from the whole number of their tribe, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, "Go and explore the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.
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Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the country of Laish said to their brothers, "Do you know that in these houses there are an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a metal image? Now therefore consider what you will do.
Judges 17:4 - 5
So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
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Judges 18:17
And the five men who had gone to scout out the land went up and entered and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the metal image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the 600 men armed with weapons of war.
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Job 21:5
Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand over your mouth.
Job 29:9
The princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth.
Job 40:4
Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Proverbs 30:32
If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Micah 7:16
The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf.
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Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.
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1 Samuel 17:22
And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.
Isaiah 10:28
He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage.
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Genesis 31:30
And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house, but why did you steal my gods?
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Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
Judges 18:10
As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.
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Joshua 19:47
When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.
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Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.
Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
Joshua 19:28
Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon the Great.
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Judges 20:1
Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
1 Kings 12:29 - 30
And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
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Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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Exodus 2:22
She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.
Exodus 18:3
Along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom ( for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land").
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Judges 17:12
And Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
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Judges 13:1
And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
1 Samuel 4:2 - 3
The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.
1 Samuel 4:10 - 11
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
Psalms 78:60 - 64
He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
1 Samuel 1:3
Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
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Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 17:7
Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
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Judges 19:8
And on the fifth day he arose early in the morning to depart. And the girl's father said, "Strengthen your heart and wait until the day declines." So they ate, both of them.
Genesis 18:5
While I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on - since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said.
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Judges 19:9
And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to depart, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold, now the day has waned toward evening. Please, spend the night. Behold, the day draws to its close. Lodge here and let your heart be merry, and tomorrow you shall arise early in the morning for your journey, and go home.
Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
Judges 16:25
And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
Ruth 3:7
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then she came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down.
2 Samuel 13:28
Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.
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Judges 19:5
And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.
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Joshua 15:8
Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
Joshua 15:63
But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
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Joshua 18:28
Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim - fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
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Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
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Judges 19:18
And he said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, from which I come. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into his house.
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Judges 19:1
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 19:14
So they passed on and went their way. And the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Judges 20:4
And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.
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Judges 18:31
So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
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Judges 19:15
And they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibeah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
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Judges 18:10
As soon as you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.
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Genesis 43:23
He replied, "Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.
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Genesis 19:2
And said, "My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the town square.
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Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 24:32
So the man came to the house and unharnessed the camels, and gave straw and fodder to the camels, and there was water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Genesis 43:24
And when the man had brought the men into Joseph's house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder.
John 13:5
Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
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Judges 19:6
So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.
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Judges 20:5
And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.
Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.
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Genesis 19:7
And said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
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Judges 20:6
So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and outrage in Israel.
Genesis 34:7
The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not be done.
Deuteronomy 22:21
Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
2 Samuel 13:12
She answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.
Joshua 7:15
And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done an outrageous thing in Israel.'
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Genesis 19:8
Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.
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Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.
Deuteronomy 21:14
But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.
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Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.
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Judges 20:5
And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.
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Judges 20:6
So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and outrage in Israel.
1 Samuel 11:7
He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!" Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.
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Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
Hosea 10:9
From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?
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Judges 20:7
Behold, you people of Israel, all of you, give your advice and counsel here.
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Judges 21:5
And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord ?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death.
Joshua 22:12
And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.
1 Samuel 11:7
He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!" Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.
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1 Samuel 3:20
And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.
2 Samuel 3:10
To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.
2 Samuel 24:2
So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, "Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.
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1 Samuel 7:5
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.
1 Samuel 10:17
Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah.
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1 Samuel 14:38
And Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today.
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Judges 20:15
And the people of Benjamin mustered out of thei...
Judges 20:17
And the men of Israel, apart from Benjamin, mus...
Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah th...
Judges 20:35
And the Lord defeated Benjamin before Israel, a...
Judges 20:46
So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,00...
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with thei...
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Judges 19:15
And they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gibeah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night.
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Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
Judges 19:25 - 26
But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.
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Judges 19:29
And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
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Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.
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Judges 19:30
And all who saw it said, "Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.
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Deuteronomy 13:14
Then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you.
Joshua 22:13
Then the people of Israel sent to the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.
Joshua 22:16
Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, 'What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the Lord ?
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Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
Deuteronomy 13:13
That certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known.
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Deuteronomy 13:5
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
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Numbers 1:37
Those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.
Numbers 26:41
These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600.
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Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.
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Judges 3:15
Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
1 Chronicles 12:2
They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul's kinsmen.
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Judges 20:15
And the people of Benjamin mustered out of their cities on that day 26,000 men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men.
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Judges 20:26
Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
Judges 20:31
And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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Judges 1:1
After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
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Judges 1:1
After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
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Judges 20:25
And Benjamin went against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 18,000 men of the people of Israel. All these were men who drew the sword.
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Judges 20:26 - 28
Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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Judges 20:21
The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and destroyed on that day 22,000 men of the Israelites.
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Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.
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Judges 20:18
The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of God, "Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, "Judah shall go up first.
Judges 20:31
And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
1 Samuel 4:3 - 4
And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.
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Numbers 25:7
When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand
Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.
Deuteronomy 18:5
For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.
Deuteronomy 18:7
And ministers in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.
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Joshua 8:4
And he commanded them, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you remain ready.
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Judges 21:19
So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.
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Judges 20:18
The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of God, "Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, "Judah shall go up first.
Judges 20:26
Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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Joshua 8:5 - 6
And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us just as before, we shall flee before them.
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Judges 20:41
Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.
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Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.
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Joshua 8:19
And the men in the ambush rose quickly out of their place, and as soon as he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it. And they hurried to set the city on fire.
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Judges 20:31 - 32
And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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Joshua 8:20
So when the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
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Judges 20:34
And there came against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard, but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.
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Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
Joshua 8:24
When Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the open wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them to the very last had fallen by the edge of the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the edge of the sword.
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Judges 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them. And those who came out of the cities were destroying them in their midst.
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Judges 21:13
Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them.
Joshua 15:32
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
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Judges 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them. And those who came out of the cities were destroying them in their midst.
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Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. Five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways. And they were pursued hard to Gidom, and 2,000 men of them were struck down.
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Judges 21:18
Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters." For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
Judges 20:1
Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
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Judges 20:18
The people of Israel arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of God, "Who shall go up first for us to fight against the people of Benjamin?" And the Lord said, "Judah shall go up first.
Judges 20:26
Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
Judges 20:31
And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
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Judges 5:23
Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord, curse its inhabitants thoroughly, because they did not come to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
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Judges 21:15
And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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Judges 21:16
Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
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1 Samuel 11:1
Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.
1 Samuel 31:11 - 13
But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.
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Judges 21:8
And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
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Judges 21:5
And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord ?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death.
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Numbers 31:17
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
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Judges 20:47
But 600 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon and remained at the rock of Rimmon four months.
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Deuteronomy 20:10
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.
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Judges 21:6
And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
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Judges 21:7
What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?
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Judges 21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, "No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.
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Judges 20:31
And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
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Judges 11:34
Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
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Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found they set on fire.
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Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.
Judges 19:1
In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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