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- Judges 19:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
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- Judges 19:17
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When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
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- Judges 19:18
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The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
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- Judges 19:20
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“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
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- Judges 19:22
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While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
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- Judges 19:23
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The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
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- Judges 19:24
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Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
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- Judges 19:25
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But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
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- Judges 19:26
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Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
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- Judges 19:28
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“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
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- Judges 20:1
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Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
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- Judges 20:2
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The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
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- Judges 20:4
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So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
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- Judges 20:8
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Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
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- Judges 20:11
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So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
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- Judges 20:15
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On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
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- Judges 20:16
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Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
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- Judges 20:17
· BSB · 3 occurrences
The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
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- Judges 20:20
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And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
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- Judges 20:21
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And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
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- Judges 20:22
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But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
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- Judges 20:25
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That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
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- Judges 20:31
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The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
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- Judges 20:33
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So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
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- Judges 20:34
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Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
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- Judges 20:35
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The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
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- Judges 20:36
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Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
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- Judges 20:38
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The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
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- Judges 20:39
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the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
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- Judges 20:41
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Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
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- Judges 20:42
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So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
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- Judges 20:44
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And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
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- Judges 20:45
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Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
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- Judges 20:46
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That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
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- Judges 20:47
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But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
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- Judges 20:48
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And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
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- Judges 21:1
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
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- Judges 21:8
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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.
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- Judges 21:9
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For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
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- Judges 21:10
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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.
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- Judges 21:12
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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.
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- Judges 21:21
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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.
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- Judges 21:22
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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.’”
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- Judges 21:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
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- Judges 21:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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- Ruth 1:1
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In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
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- Ruth 1:2
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The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
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- Ruth 1:3
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Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
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- Ruth 1:5
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both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
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- Ruth 1:9
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May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
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