Judges 21:11

And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote to destruction, but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

In Context

10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the + 21:10 Gr. sons of strength.strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the + 21:10 Gr. mouth.edge of the sword.

12And they found + 21:12 Gr. from, out of.among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:17Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:2-16

Lamentation for the Benjamites; Wives Provided for the Benjamites. ( b. c. 1409.) 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early,… Read the whole commentary →

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