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Indeed the people were [a]numbered, but behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10 And the congregation sent 12,000 of the men of valor there and commanded them, saying, “Go and (A)strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. 11 Now this is the thing that you shall do: you (B)shall devote to destruction every man and every woman who has known, that is lain with, a man.”

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  1. Judges 21:9 Or mustered