Judges 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.
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- Judg 5:23 : 23 ‘Call judgment down on Meroz,’ says the LORD’s angel;‘Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD’s battle, to help in the LORD’s battle against the warriors.’
- Judg 21:1 : 1 600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
- Judg 21:18 : 18 But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’
- 1 Sam 11:7 : 7 He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said,“Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they went out as one army.
- Jer 48:10 : 10 A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!
- Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Things Permanently Dedicated to the Lord“‘Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the LORD from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the LORD. 29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.
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- Judg 21:6-94 verses81%
6The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!
7How 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.”
8So 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.
9When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.
- Judg 21:1-44 verses75%
1600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”
2So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.
3They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”
4The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace.
- Judg 20:1-33 verses75%
1Civil War Breaks Out All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the LORD at Mizpah.
2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.
3The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said,“Explain how this wicked thing happened!”
- Judg 20:10-145 verses74%
10We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel(and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”
11So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.
12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying,“How could such a wicked thing take place?
13Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
14The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites.
- 2 Chr 15:13-142 verses74%
13Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.
14They swore their allegiance to the LORD, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.
- Josh 22:20-212 verses73%
20When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city’s riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!’”
21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:
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12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.
- Josh 22:15-162 verses72%
15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:
16“The entire community of the LORD says,‘Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.
- Josh 9:18-192 verses72%
18The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,
19but all the leaders told the whole community,“We swore an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. So now we can’t hurt them!
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8All Israel rose up in unison and said,“Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!
- Judg 21:17-182 verses71%
17The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.
18But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’
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23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.
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18Now today you dare to turn back from following the LORD! You are rebelling today against the LORD; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.
- Num 25:5-62 verses70%
5So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”
6Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
- Num 15:35-362 verses70%
35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
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17An Outcast Becomes a General The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah.
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23The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening. They asked the LORD,“Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The LORD said,“Attack them!”
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12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
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11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
- Judg 20:18-192 verses69%
18The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God,“Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” The LORD said,“Judah should lead.”
19The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah.
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15The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the LORD’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”
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22No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.
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6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.
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31The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads(one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.
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39When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.
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11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
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26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,
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16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!
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21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.