Jdg 21:1-8 - Commentary

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Text -- Judges 21:1-8 (NET)

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600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.” 21:2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. 21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!” 21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. 21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. 21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel! 21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.” 21:8 So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jabesh-gilead a town of Gilead 20 km SE of Beth-Shan

· Jabesh-Gilead a town of Gilead 20 km SE of Beth-Shan

· Mizpah a town of Moab

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NET Notes: Jdg 21:2 Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי...

NET Notes: Jdg 21:3 Heb “one.”

NET Notes: Jdg 21:4 Or “peace offerings.”

NET Notes: Jdg 21:5 Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’...

NET Notes: Jdg 21:6 Heb “cut off one.”

NET Notes: Jdg 21:7 Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”

NET Notes: Jdg 21:8 Heb “Look, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.”

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