Provision for Their Survival

And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not go up to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. For when the people were [a]counted, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10 And the congregation sent twelve thousand [b]of the valiant warriors there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and (A)strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, along with the women and the children. 11 And this is the thing that you shall do: you (B)shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has [c]slept with a male.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:9 Or mustered
  2. Judges 21:10 Lit men from the sons of valor
  3. Judges 21:11 Lit known the bed of

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