For when the people were [a]counted, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. 10 And the congregation sent twelve thousand [b]of the valiant warriors there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and (A)strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, along with the women and the children. 11 And this is the thing that you shall do: you (B)shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has [c]slept with a male.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:9 Or mustered
  2. Judges 21:10 Lit men from the sons of valor
  3. Judges 21:11 Lit known the bed of

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