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12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins[a] who had not had sex with a man,[b] and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

13 Then the congregation sent and spoke all this to the descendants[c] of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they assured them they would not be hurt.[d] 14 And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave to them the women whom they kept alive from Jabesh-gilead; but they were not enough for them.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:12 Hebrew “virgin”
  2. Judges 21:12 Literally “known a man, as far as the bed of a male”
  3. Judges 21:13 Or “sons/children”
  4. Judges 21:13 Literally “they proclaimed peace to them”

12 They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh(A) in Canaan.

13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace(B) to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.(C) 14 So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.

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