Judges 21:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead foure hundreth maides, virgins that had knowne no man by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the hoste to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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  • Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, came together at Shiloh: for they set vp the Tabernacle of the Congregation there, after the land was subiect vnto them.
  • Judg 20:18 : 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went vp to the house of God, and asked of God, saying, Which of vs shal goe vp first to fight against the children of Beniamin? And the Lord said, Iudah shalbe first.
  • Judg 20:23 : 23 (For the children of Israel had gone vp and wept before the Lord vnto the euening, and had asked of the Lorde, saying, Shall I goe againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? and the Lord said, Go vp against them)
  • Ps 78:60 : 60 So that hee forsooke the habitation of Shilo, euen the Tabernacle where hee dwelt among men,
  • Jer 7:12 : 12 But go ye nowe vnto my place which was in Shilo, where I set my Name at the beginning, and beholde, what I did to it for the wickednesse of my people Israel.

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  • Judg 21:6-11
    6 verses
    82%

    6And the children of Israel were sory for Beniamin their brother, & said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

    7How shal we do for wiues to them that remaine, seeing we haue sworne by the Lorde, that we will not giue them of our daughters to wiues?

    8Also they saide, Is there any of the tribes of Israel that came not vp to Mizpeh to the Lord? and beholde, there came none of Iabesh Gilead vnto the hoste and to the Congregation.

    9For when the people were vewed; beholde, none of the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead were there.

    10Therefore the Congregation sent thither twelue thousande men of the most valiant, and commaunded them, saying, Goe, and smite the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, both women, and children.

    11And this is it that ye shall do: ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men.

  • Judg 21:13-23
    11 verses
    79%

    13Then the whole Congregation sent and spake with the children of Beniamin that were in the rocke of Rimmon, and called peaceably vnto them:

    14And Beniamin came againe at that time, and they gaue them wiues which they had saued aliue of the women of Iabesh Gilead: but they had not so ynough for them.

    15And the people were sorie for Beniamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

    16Therefore the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues to the remnant? for the women of Beniamin are destroyed.

    17And they saide, there must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

    18Howbeit we may not giue them wiues of our daughters: for the childre of Israel had sworne, saying, Cursed be he that giueth a wise to Beniamin.

    19Therefore they said, Beholde, there is a feast of the Lord euery yere in Shiloh in a place, which is on the Northside of Beth-el, and on the Eastside of the way that goeth vp from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the South of Lebonah.

    20Therefore they commaunded the children of Beniamin, saying, Goe, and lye in waite in the vineyardes.

    21And when ye see that the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and goe into the land of Beniamin.

    22And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine, we wil say vnto them, Haue pitie on them for our sakes, because we reserued not to eche man his wife in the warre, and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hitherto, ye haue sinned.

    23And the children of Beniamin did so, and tooke wiues of them that danced according to their nomber: which they tooke, and went away, and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities and dwelt in them.

  • Num 31:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Now therefore, slay all the males among the children, and kill all the women that haue knowen man by carnall copulation.

    18But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

  • Judg 21:1
    74%

    1Moreouer, the men of Israel sware in Mizpeh, saying, None of vs shall giue his daughter vnto the Beniamites to wyfe.

  • Num 31:35
    74%

    35And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

  • Deut 22:25-28
    4 verses
    72%

    25But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone:

    26And vnto the mayd thou shalt do nothing, because there is in the mayde no cause of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour & woundeth him to death, so is this matter.

    27For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.

    28If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

  • Deut 22:23
    72%

    23If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her,

  • Judg 20:12-15
    4 verses
    71%

    12And the tribes of Israel sent men through al the tribe of Beniamin, saying, What wickednesse is this that is committed among you?

    13Nowe therefore deliuer vs those wicked men which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away euill from Israel: but the children of Beniamin would not obey the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel.

    14But ye children of Beniamin gathered them selues together out of the cities vnto Gibeah, to come out and fight against the children of Israel.

    15And ye children of Beniamin were nombred at that time out of the cities sixe and twenty thousand men that drewe sworde, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were nombred seuen hundreth chosen men.

  • Judg 20:21
    71%

    21And the children of Beniamin came out of Gibeah, & slewe downe to the ground of the Israelites that day two and twentie thousand men.

  • Judg 20:10
    70%

    10And we wil take ten men of the hundreth throughout al the tribes of Israel, & an hundreth of the thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand to bring vitaile for the people that they may do (when they come to Gibeah of Beniamin) according to all the villeny, that it hath done in Israel.

  • Deut 22:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,

    21Then shall they bring forth the mayde to the doore of her fathers house, & the men of her citie shal stone her with stones to death: for shee hath wrought follie in Israel, by playing ye whore in her fathers house: so thou shalt put euill away from among you.

  • Judg 20:25
    70%

    25Also the second day Beniamin came forth to meete them out of Gibeah, and slewe downe to the grounde of the children of Israel againe eighteene thousand men: all they could handle the sword.

  • Judg 20:17
    70%

    17Also the men of Israel, beside Beniamin, were nombred foure hundreth thousande men that drew sword, euen all men of warre.

  • Judg 11:39
    69%

    39And after the ende of two moneths, she turned againe vnto her father, who did with her according to his vowe which he had vowed, and she had knowen no man; it was a custome in Israel:

  • Judg 20:3-5
    3 verses
    69%

    3(Now the children of Beniamin heard that the children of Israel were gone vp to Mizpeh) Then the children of Israel saide, Howe is this wickednesse committed?

    4And the same Leuite, the womans husband that was slaine, answered and saide, I came vnto Gibeah that is in Beniamin with my concubine to lodge,

    5And the men of Gibeah arose against me, and beset the house round about vpon mee by night, thinking to haue slaine me, and haue forced my concubine that she is dead.

  • Josh 6:21
    69%

    21And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie, both man and woman, yong, and olde, and oxe, and sheepe, and asse, with the edge of the sword.

  • Gen 34:21
    68%

    21These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwell in the land, and doe their affaires therin (for behold, the land hath roume ynough for them) let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters.

  • Judg 20:31
    68%

    31Then the children of Beniamin comming out against the people, were drawen from the citie: and they began to smite of ye people and kill as at other times, euen by the wayes in the fielde (whereof one goeth vp to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah) vpon a thirtie men of Israel.

  • 1 Sam 30:2
    68%

    2And had taken the women that were therein, prisoners, both small and great, and slewe not a man, but caryed them away, & went their wayes.

  • Judg 20:35
    68%

    35And the Lord smote Beniamin before Israel, and the children of Israel destroyed of the Beniamites the same day fiue and twenty thousand and an hundreth men: all they could handle the sword.

  • Judg 19:24
    68%

    24Behold, here is my daughter, a virgine, and his concubine: them wil I bring out nowe, and humble them, and doe with them what seemeth you good: but to this man doe not this villenie.

  • Deut 22:14
    68%

    14And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

  • Deut 21:11
    68%

    11And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife,