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Judges 21:13-14

Benjamin's Preservation and Israel's Final No-King Verdict

Judges 21 moves from grief over Benjamin's near extinction to morally compromised schemes for tribal preservation, ending with the book's final verdict that life without righteous covenant kingship produces self-justified violence, oath loopholes, and vulnerable people sacrificed to communal repair.

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13Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

14And 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.

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Verse 13

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Deuteronomy 20:10Classic cross-references Judges 20:47Classic cross-references Judges 20:45Classic cross-references

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Then the wholeכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructcongregationהָ֣עֵדָ֔הH5712Article | Noun - feminine singularsentוַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙H7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plurala messageוַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙H1696Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural. . .וַיִּקְרְא֥וּH7121Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-לָהֶ֖םPreposition | third person masculine pluralof peaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965Noun - masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe Benjamitesבְּנֵ֣יH1121Noun - masculine plural construct. . .בִנְיָמִ֔ןH1144Noun - proper - masculine singularwhoאֲשֶׁ֖רH834Pronoun - relativewere at the rockבְּסֶ֣לַעH5553Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof Rimmonרִמּ֑וֹןH7417Noun - proper - feminine singular

Verse 14

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1 Corinthians 7:2Classic cross-references

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And at thatהַהִ֔יאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singulartimeבָּעֵ֣תH6256Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularthe Benjamitesבִּנְיָמִן֙H1144Noun - proper - masculine singularreturnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand were givenוַיִּתְּנ֤וּH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-לָהֶם֙Preposition | third person masculine pluralthe womenהַנָּשִׁ֔יםH802Article | Noun - feminine plural-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relativewho were sparedחִיּ֔וּH2421Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural. . .מִנְּשֵׁ֖יH802Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural constructfrom Jabesh-gileadיָבֵ֣שׁH3003Noun - proper - feminine singular. . .גִּלְעָ֑דH1568Noun - proper - feminine singularBut there were notוְלֹֽא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle. . .מָצְא֥וּH4672Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralenough [women]כֵּֽן׃H3651Adverbfor all of themלָהֶ֖םPreposition | third person masculine plural

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