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tribe of Benjamin » Remnant of, provided with wives to preserve the tribe
And the men of Israel sware in Mizpeh, saying, A man from us shall not give his daughter to Benjamin for wife. And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping. And they will say, Wherefore, Jehovah, God of Israel, was this in Israel to miss one tribe this day from Israel? read more.
And it will be on the morrow, and the people will rise early and they will build there an altar, and will bring up burnt-offerings and peace. And the sons of Israel will say, Who from all the tribes of Israel that went not up in the gathering to Jehovah? For there was a great oath against him who went not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, Dying, he shall die. And the sons of Israel will lament for Benjamin their brother, and they will say, There was cut off this day one tribe from Israel. What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives? And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering. And the people will be reviewed, and behold, not a man there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. And they will send there twelve thousand men from the sons of power, and they will command them, saying, Go and smite them, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, with the mouth of the sword, and the women and the little ones And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate. And they will find of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred girls, virgins, who knew not man by the bed of a male: and they will bring them to the camp of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan. And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them. And Benjamin will turn back in that time; and they will give them the women which they saved alive from the women of Jabesh-Gilead: and they found for them not thus. And the people lamented for Benjamin, because Jehovah made a breach in the tribes of Israel. And the old men of the assembly will say, What shall we do for those remaining for wives, for the women were destroyed from Benjamin? And they will say, An inheritance for the escaped to Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be destroyed from Israel. And we shall not be able to give to them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel sware, saying, Cursed he giving a wife to Benjamin. And they will say, Behold, a festival of Jehovah in Shiloh from days to days, which is from the north to the house of God, from the rising of the sun to the highway going from the house of God to Shechem, and from the south to Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh shall come forth to dance in dances, and come ye out from the vineyards and catch for yourselves each his wife from the daughters of Shiloh) and go to the land of Benjamin. And it was when their fathers or brothers shall come to contend against us, and we said to them, Be merciful to us with them, because we took not a man his wife in the battle; for ye gave not to them according to the time, ye shall transgress. And the sons of Benjamin will do so, and they will take wives for their number from those dancing, which they took by force: and they will go and turn back to their inheritance, and they will build cities, and they will dwell in them.
And it will be on the morrow, and the people will rise early and they will build there an altar, and will bring up burnt-offerings and peace. And the sons of Israel will say, Who from all the tribes of Israel that went not up in the gathering to Jehovah? For there was a great oath against him who went not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, Dying, he shall die. And the sons of Israel will lament for Benjamin their brother, and they will say, There was cut off this day one tribe from Israel. What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives? And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering. And the people will be reviewed, and behold, not a man there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. And they will send there twelve thousand men from the sons of power, and they will command them, saying, Go and smite them, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, with the mouth of the sword, and the women and the little ones And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate. And they will find of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred girls, virgins, who knew not man by the bed of a male: and they will bring them to the camp of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan. And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them. And Benjamin will turn back in that time; and they will give them the women which they saved alive from the women of Jabesh-Gilead: and they found for them not thus. And the people lamented for Benjamin, because Jehovah made a breach in the tribes of Israel. And the old men of the assembly will say, What shall we do for those remaining for wives, for the women were destroyed from Benjamin? And they will say, An inheritance for the escaped to Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be destroyed from Israel. And we shall not be able to give to them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel sware, saying, Cursed he giving a wife to Benjamin. And they will say, Behold, a festival of Jehovah in Shiloh from days to days, which is from the north to the house of God, from the rising of the sun to the highway going from the house of God to Shechem, and from the south to Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh shall come forth to dance in dances, and come ye out from the vineyards and catch for yourselves each his wife from the daughters of Shiloh) and go to the land of Benjamin. And it was when their fathers or brothers shall come to contend against us, and we said to them, Be merciful to us with them, because we took not a man his wife in the battle; for ye gave not to them according to the time, ye shall transgress. And the sons of Benjamin will do so, and they will take wives for their number from those dancing, which they took by force: and they will go and turn back to their inheritance, and they will build cities, and they will dwell in them.
Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » Tabernacle at, and called house of God
And the sons of Israel will rise and will go up to the house of God and will ask in God, and will say, Who shall go up for us in the beginning to war with the sons of Benjamin? and Jehovah will say, Judah in the beginning.
And the sons of Benjamin will come forth to the meeting of the people, they were separated from the city; and they will begin to strike of the people wounded as once upon once, in the highways, which one went up to the house of God, and one to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men in Israel.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!
And she will say to them, Ye shall not call to me Naomi; call to me, Mara: for the Almighty made bitter to me greatly.
And Sarah shall die in the city of four; this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham will come to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.
Thus said Jehovah, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping of bitterness; Rachel, weeping for her sons, refused to be comforted for her sons, for they are not
Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping having come with her, was heavy in spirit, and troubled himself,
And Mary stood near the tomb weeping without: therefore as she wept, she stood stooping into the tomb,
And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.
And Job will rise and rend his covering, and shave his head, and fall to the earth and worship.
And he will say, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother died, and he alone was left: and harm meeting him in the way in which ye shall go, and ye bring down my old age with grief to hades.
Evening » Humiliation often continued until
And Joshua will rend his garments and will fall upon his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah even till evening, he and the old men of Israel; and they will lift up dust upon their heads.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
And the sons of Israel will go up and will weep before Jehovah till the evening, and they will ask in Jehovah, saying, Shall I add to draw near to war with the sons of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah will say, Go up against him.
And to me all will assemble, trembling at the word of the God of Israel for the transgression of the exile; and I sat astonished till the sacrifice of the evening. And at the sacrifice of the evening I rose up from my humbling; and in my rending my garment and my robe and I shall bend upon my knees and spread forth my hands to Jehovah my God.
Mourning » Examples of grief
And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!
And she will say to them, Ye shall not call to me Naomi; call to me, Mara: for the Almighty made bitter to me greatly.
And Sarah shall die in the city of four; this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham will come to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping.
And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.
Thus said Jehovah, A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping of bitterness; Rachel, weeping for her sons, refused to be comforted for her sons, for they are not
Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping having come with her, was heavy in spirit, and troubled himself,
And Mary stood near the tomb weeping without: therefore as she wept, she stood stooping into the tomb,
And Peter having risen came with them. Whom having approached, they brought into the upper room: and all the widows stood before him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, being with them.
And Job will rise and rend his covering, and shave his head, and fall to the earth and worship.
And he will say, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother died, and he alone was left: and harm meeting him in the way in which ye shall go, and ye bring down my old age with grief to hades.
Nation » National adversity, prayer in
And also now, says Jehovah, Turn back even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with wailing.
If I shall shut up the heavens and there shall not be rain, and if I shall command upon the locust to consume the land, and if I shall send death upon my people; And if my people which my name was called upon them shall be humbled and pray and seek my face, and turn back from their evil ways; and I will hear from the heavens and forgive to their sin, and I will heal their land.
And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping. And they will say, Wherefore, Jehovah, God of Israel, was this in Israel to miss one tribe this day from Israel? And it will be on the morrow, and the people will rise early and they will build there an altar, and will bring up burnt-offerings and peace.
Rashness » Instances of » Israel's vow to destroy the benjamites
And the men of Israel sware in Mizpeh, saying, A man from us shall not give his daughter to Benjamin for wife. And the people will go to the house of God and will sit there even till evening, before God; and they will lift up their voice and weep a great weeping. And they will say, Wherefore, Jehovah, God of Israel, was this in Israel to miss one tribe this day from Israel? read more.
And it will be on the morrow, and the people will rise early and they will build there an altar, and will bring up burnt-offerings and peace. And the sons of Israel will say, Who from all the tribes of Israel that went not up in the gathering to Jehovah? For there was a great oath against him who went not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, Dying, he shall die. And the sons of Israel will lament for Benjamin their brother, and they will say, There was cut off this day one tribe from Israel. What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives? And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering. And the people will be reviewed, and behold, not a man there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. And they will send there twelve thousand men from the sons of power, and they will command them, saying, Go and smite them, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, with the mouth of the sword, and the women and the little ones And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate. And they will find of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred girls, virgins, who knew not man by the bed of a male: and they will bring them to the camp of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan. And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them. And Benjamin will turn back in that time; and they will give them the women which they saved alive from the women of Jabesh-Gilead: and they found for them not thus. And the people lamented for Benjamin, because Jehovah made a breach in the tribes of Israel. And the old men of the assembly will say, What shall we do for those remaining for wives, for the women were destroyed from Benjamin? And they will say, An inheritance for the escaped to Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be destroyed from Israel. And we shall not be able to give to them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel sware, saying, Cursed he giving a wife to Benjamin. And they will say, Behold, a festival of Jehovah in Shiloh from days to days, which is from the north to the house of God, from the rising of the sun to the highway going from the house of God to Shechem, and from the south to Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh shall come forth to dance in dances, and come ye out from the vineyards and catch for yourselves each his wife from the daughters of Shiloh) and go to the land of Benjamin. And it was when their fathers or brothers shall come to contend against us, and we said to them, Be merciful to us with them, because we took not a man his wife in the battle; for ye gave not to them according to the time, ye shall transgress. And the sons of Benjamin will do so, and they will take wives for their number from those dancing, which they took by force: and they will go and turn back to their inheritance, and they will build cities, and they will dwell in them.
And it will be on the morrow, and the people will rise early and they will build there an altar, and will bring up burnt-offerings and peace. And the sons of Israel will say, Who from all the tribes of Israel that went not up in the gathering to Jehovah? For there was a great oath against him who went not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, Dying, he shall die. And the sons of Israel will lament for Benjamin their brother, and they will say, There was cut off this day one tribe from Israel. What shall we do for them to those being left for wives, and we sware by Jehovah not to give to them from our daughters for wives? And they will say, What one from the tribes of Israel who came not up to Jehovah to Mizpeh? And behold, not a man came from the camp of Jabesh-Gilead to the gathering. And the people will be reviewed, and behold, not a man there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead. And they will send there twelve thousand men from the sons of power, and they will command them, saying, Go and smite them, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, with the mouth of the sword, and the women and the little ones And this the word which ye shall do: every male and every woman knowing the bed of a male ye shall exterminate. And they will find of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred girls, virgins, who knew not man by the bed of a male: and they will bring them to the camp of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan. And all the assembly will send and speak to the sons of Benjamin who were in the rock Rimmon, and they will call peace to them. And Benjamin will turn back in that time; and they will give them the women which they saved alive from the women of Jabesh-Gilead: and they found for them not thus. And the people lamented for Benjamin, because Jehovah made a breach in the tribes of Israel. And the old men of the assembly will say, What shall we do for those remaining for wives, for the women were destroyed from Benjamin? And they will say, An inheritance for the escaped to Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be destroyed from Israel. And we shall not be able to give to them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel sware, saying, Cursed he giving a wife to Benjamin. And they will say, Behold, a festival of Jehovah in Shiloh from days to days, which is from the north to the house of God, from the rising of the sun to the highway going from the house of God to Shechem, and from the south to Lebonah. And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards; And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh shall come forth to dance in dances, and come ye out from the vineyards and catch for yourselves each his wife from the daughters of Shiloh) and go to the land of Benjamin. And it was when their fathers or brothers shall come to contend against us, and we said to them, Be merciful to us with them, because we took not a man his wife in the battle; for ye gave not to them according to the time, ye shall transgress. And the sons of Benjamin will do so, and they will take wives for their number from those dancing, which they took by force: and they will go and turn back to their inheritance, and they will build cities, and they will dwell in them.