Psalms 68:27

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Psalms 68:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

26 Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

28 Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.

29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

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Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

Judges 20:35

The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

Judges 21:6

And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

Judges 21:7

What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

Judges 21:8

So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

Judges 21:9

For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.

Judges 21:10

So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.

Judges 21:11

This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”

Judges 21:12

So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

Judges 21:13

Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

Judges 21:14

And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.

Judges 21:15

The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

Judges 21:16

Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

Judges 21:17

They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Judges 21:18

But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

Judges 21:19

“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

Judges 21:20

So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards

Judges 21:21

and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

Judges 21:22

When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”

Judges 21:23

The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

Judges 21:24

And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

1 Chronicles 12:16

Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

1 Chronicles 12:29

From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

1 Chronicles 15:3

And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 27:12

The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

Psalms 47:9

The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

Psalms 60:7

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

Isaiah 11:13

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

Ezekiel 37:19

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

Ezekiel 37:20

When the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,

Ezekiel 37:21

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

Ezekiel 37:22

I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Ezekiel 37:23

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:24

My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

Ezekiel 37:25

They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

Ezekiel 37:26

And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

Ezekiel 37:27

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.