Judges 21:5
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And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
In other translations
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478מִיmiwho?H4310אֲשֶׁר'asher[is [the] one] whoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808עָלָה'alahhe went upH5927בַקָּהָלvakahalin the assemblyH6951מִכָּל־mikolfrom allH3605שִׁבְטֵיshivtei[the] tribes ofH7626יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068כִּיkiforH3588הַשְּׁבוּעָהhashevu'ahthe oathH7621הַגְּדוֹלָהhagedolah<the> greatH1419הָיְתָהhayetahit wasH1961לַאֲשֶׁרla'asherto [the one] whoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808עָלָה'alahhe went upH5927אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הַמִּצְפָּהhamitzpah<the> MizpahH4709לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מוֹתmotcertainly <to die>H4191יוּמָת׃yumathe will be put to deathH4191
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Related verses
- Judges 5:23Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
- Jeremiah 48:10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
- Judges 21:18Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
- 1 Samuel 11:7And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they turned out as one man.
- Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- Leviticus 27:28-2928 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.28 Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Mizpah