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士师记 19-21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 19-21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
利未人和他的妾
19 那时候，以色列没有王。有一个利未人住在以法莲山区的偏远地带，他娶了犹大 伯利恒的一个女子为妾。 2 那女子不忠，离开丈夫回到犹大 伯利恒的父亲家，住了四个月。 3 后来，她丈夫带着一个仆人和两头驴去见她，用好话劝她回去。那女子带他去见自己的父亲。她父亲看见女婿来了，便热情地接待他， 4 留他在家里小住。他便在那里住了三天，一起吃住。 5 第四天，他清早起来准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西补充体力后再走吧。” 6 于是，二人坐下来一起吃喝。岳父对他说：“再住一夜，高兴高兴吧。” 7 他不肯答应，起来要走，但岳父一再挽留，他就又住了一夜。 8 第五天清早起来，他准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西，太阳偏西再走吧。”于是，二人一同吃饭。 9 他带着妾和仆人起来要走的时候，岳父对他说：“看啊，太阳偏西了，天色已晚，再住一夜高兴高兴，明天一早再走吧。”
10 可是，他不愿意再留一夜，就备好两头驴，带着他的妾走了，来到耶布斯附近。耶布斯就是耶路撒冷。 11 他们临近耶布斯时，天快黑了，仆人对主人说：“我们不如就在耶布斯人的城里住宿吧。” 12 主人说：“我们不可在没有以色列人住的外邦城邑住宿，不如赶到基比亚。” 13 他又说：“我们前往基比亚或拉玛住宿吧。” 14 于是，他们继续前行，到便雅悯境内的基比亚时，天已经黑了。 15 他们决定在那里过夜。因为没有人接待他们，他们只好在城中的广场露宿。
16 那时，有一个老人从田间工作回来，经过那里。他本来是以法莲山区的人，现在住在便雅悯境内的基比亚。 17 他看见有人在城中的广场露宿，就问：“你们从哪里来，要到哪里去？” 18 利未人回答说：“我们从犹大的伯利恒来，正要回家去。我住在以法莲山区的偏远地带。我现在要去耶和华的殿。这里没有人接待我。 19 其实我有粮草喂驴，我和我的妾及仆人也有饼和酒，什么也不缺。” 20 那老人说：“到我家来吧，我会供应你们的需要，千万不可在街头露宿。” 21 于是，那老人带他们回家，喂他们的驴。他们洗完脚后，便一起吃喝。
22 他们正欢快的时候，城里的一群无赖前来围住房子，连连叩门，对老人说：“把你家里的客人交出来，我们要跟他性交。” 23 老人出去对他们说：“弟兄们啊，不要做这种恶事！这人是我的客人，不要干这种卑鄙的事！ 24 我有个女儿，仍是处女，还有这人的妾，我把她们交出来，任你们玩弄，只是不要对这人干这种卑鄙的事。” 25 他们却不肯听。利未人就把自己的妾推出去交给他们。他们强暴她，终夜凌辱她，直到天快亮才放她走。 26 她回到丈夫住宿的房子门前，就扑倒在地。
27 早晨，她丈夫起来打开房门要上路，发现她倒卧在门前，双手搭在门槛上， 28 就对她说：“起来，我们走吧！”她却没有反应。于是，他就把她的尸体放在驴背上启程回家。 29 回到家里，他用刀把尸体切成十二块，派人送往以色列全境。 30 看见的人都说：“自从以色列人离开埃及以来，这种事从未发生过，也从未见过。我们必须商量一下，看看该怎么办。”
讨伐基比亚
20 于是，从但到别示巴以及基列的全体以色列人万众一心，来到米斯巴，聚集在耶和华面前。 2 以色列各支派的首领都参加了这次上帝子民的聚会，当时有四十万持刀的步兵。 3 便雅悯人也听见以色列人聚集在米斯巴的消息。以色列人问那个利未人：“请告诉我们，这件邪恶的事是怎么发生的？” 4 那利未人，就是被害女子的丈夫说：“我和我的妾到便雅悯的基比亚住宿。 5 那天晚上，基比亚人包围我们住宿的房子，要杀死我。他们把我的妾蹂躏致死。 6 我就把她的尸体切成块，送到以色列的各个地区，让以色列人都知道基比亚人做了邪恶、无耻的事。 7 以色列人啊，你们看该怎么处理吧！”
8 众人起来异口同声地说：“我们谁也不回帐篷，谁也不回家。 9 现在我们要抽签去攻打基比亚。 10 我们要从各支派中抽出十分之一的人负责运粮，等军队到达基比亚后，就可以讨伐在以色列做出这种卑鄙之事的基比亚人。” 11 于是，以色列人团结一致，一起去攻打那城。
12 他们派人去对便雅悯各地的人说：“你们中间怎么发生了这种邪恶的事！ 13 现在把那些基比亚的无赖交出来，我们要处死他们，从以色列铲除罪恶。”便雅悯人却充耳不闻， 14 还从各城聚集到基比亚跟以色列人打仗。 15 便雅悯人从各城召集了两万六千刀兵，还从基比亚召集了七百精兵。 16 军中有七百精兵善用左手甩石，毫发不差。 17 其他十一个以色列支派则召集了四十万善战的刀兵。
18 以色列人到伯特利去求问上帝，说：“我们当中哪个支派应当先去攻打便雅悯人呢？”耶和华说：“犹大支派。”
19 第二天清早，以色列人就在基比亚附近安营， 20 摆开阵势，准备攻打便雅悯人。 21 便雅悯人从基比亚出来，当天杀了以色列军两万二千人。 22 以色列人重整士气，仍在第一天列阵的地方列阵。 23 列阵之前，他们在耶和华面前一直哀哭到晚上。他们求问耶和华，说：“我们应该再去攻打我们的同胞便雅悯人吗？”耶和华说：“可以去。”
24 第二天，以色列人前去攻打便雅悯人。 25 便雅悯人从基比亚出来迎战，又杀了以色列军一万八千刀兵。 26 以色列全军来到伯特利，坐在耶和华面前哀哭，那天他们一直禁食到晚上，又在耶和华面前献上燔祭和平安祭。 27-28 那时，上帝的约柜就在那里，亚伦的孙子、以利亚撒的儿子非尼哈任祭司。以色列人求问耶和华，说：“我们应该再去攻打我们的同胞便雅悯人吗？还是退兵？”耶和华说：“去攻打吧，因为明天我必把他们交在你们手中。”
29 以色列人在基比亚周围设下伏兵。 30 第三天，以色列人又像前两次一样在基比亚列阵，攻打便雅悯人。 31 便雅悯人前来迎战，被以色列人诱到城外。他们又像前两次一样击杀以色列人，大约三十名以色列人死在通往基比亚和伯特利的两条路上。 32 便雅悯人说：“我们又打败他们了。”但以色列人已经商议好，用诈败的方法诱敌离城到大路上来。 33 以色列全军在巴力·他玛列阵反攻，埋伏在基比亚西面的以色列人也冲了出来。 34 有一万以色列精兵从正面攻打基比亚，战事非常激烈。便雅悯人大祸临头了仍懵然不知。 35 耶和华帮助以色列人战胜了便雅悯人。那天，以色列人杀了便雅悯两万五千一百刀兵。 36 便雅悯人这才意识到自己战败了。
原来以色列人在便雅悯人面前诈败，因为他们已在基比亚附近设下伏兵。 37 那些伏兵迅速冲进基比亚，杀了全城的人。 38 以色列人和伏兵已有约定，伏兵在城内点起一股浓烟时， 39 以色列人便转身杀回。便雅悯人杀了诈败的以色列军大约三十人，以为像以前一样打败了他们。 40 这时基比亚城已浓烟滚滚，便雅悯人回头观望，只见全城浓烟四起。 41 以色列人转身杀了回来，便雅悯人大惊失色，知道大祸临头了。 42 他们从以色列人面前转身逃往旷野，却无法逃脱。以色列人从各城出来夹攻他们。 43 以色列人围攻便雅悯人，一路追杀他们直到基比亚的东边。 44 便雅悯人共死了一万八千名勇士。 45 余下的人都逃往旷野的临门岩，沿途有五千人被杀。以色列人追杀他们，一直追到基顿，又消灭了他们两千人。 46 那天，便雅悯人共死了两万五千名英勇的刀兵， 47 只有六百人逃到了临门岩，在那里住了四个月。 48 以色列人回师便雅悯境内，将各城的男女老少以及牲畜全部杀死，又放火烧毁所有的城邑。
为便雅悯支派娶妻
21 以色列人曾在米斯巴起誓不把女儿嫁给便雅悯人。 2 他们来到伯特利，坐在上帝面前放声痛哭，直到黄昏。 3 他们说：“以色列的上帝耶和华啊，以色列为何少了一个支派呢？为何发生了这样的事呢？” 4 第二天，众人清早起来在那里筑了一座祭坛，献上燔祭和平安祭。 5 他们彼此议论说：“我们到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前的时候，各支派中谁没有来呢？”原来，他们曾经起誓说：凡不到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前的人都要被处死。 6 以色列人为他们的同胞便雅悯人难过，说：“如今以色列绝了一个支派。 7 我们曾经在耶和华面前起誓，决不把女儿嫁给便雅悯人，现在我们应该怎么办才能使他们剩下来的人得到妻子呢？”
8 他们又查问各支派中谁没有到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前，结果发现基列·雅比人缺席， 9 因为点兵的时候，没有一个基列·雅比人在场。 10 于是，会众派出一万二千精兵，命令他们杀掉基列·雅比人及其妇女和孩子。 11 他们对精兵说：“你们所要做的就是消灭所有的男子和已婚妇女。” 12 他们在基列·雅比的居民中找到四百名处女，把她们带回迦南的示罗营地。
13 全体会众又派人到临门岩去跟便雅悯人讲和。 14 于是，便雅悯人返回了家乡，以色列人把从基列·雅比居民中留下来的四百个处女给他们做妻子，但还是不够。 15 众人为便雅悯支派难过，因为耶和华使以色列少了一个支派。
16 会众的长老说：“便雅悯支派的女子都死了，我们应该怎么办才能使余下的人有妻子呢？ 17 便雅悯的余民必须成家立后，以免以色列失去一个支派。 18 可是我们又不能把女儿嫁给他们，因为我们曾经起誓，‘把女儿嫁给便雅悯人的必受咒诅。’” 19 有人想起在示罗每年都有耶和华的节期。示罗在利波拿以南、伯特利以北至示剑的大路东面。 20 于是，他们对便雅悯人说：“你们埋伏在葡萄园里， 21 见到示罗的女子出来跳舞时，就冲出去各自抢一个，带回便雅悯做妻子。 22 倘若她们的父亲或弟兄前来抱怨，我们会说，‘求你们恩待我们，因为我们从战场上带回的女子不够分给他们做妻子。何况又不是你们把女儿嫁给他们的，所以罪不在你们。’” 23 便雅悯人就依计行事，从跳舞的女子中各自抢了一个，带回自己的家乡做妻子。他们重建城邑，住在其中。 24 于是，以色列人离开那里，各回自己的支派、宗族和家园。
25 那时候，以色列人没有王，人人各行其是。
Judges 19-21
New International Version
Judges 19-21
New International Version
A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months, 3 her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her parents’ home, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. 4 His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking,(C) and sleeping there.
5 On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself(D) with something to eat; then you can go.” 6 So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the woman’s father said, “Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself.(E)” 7 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night. 8 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go, the woman’s father said, “Refresh yourself. Wait till afternoon!” So the two of them ate together.
9 Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, “Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.” 10 But, unwilling to stay another night, the man left and went toward Jebus(F) (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites(G) and spend the night.”
12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.” 13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah(H) and spend the night in one of those places.” 14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.(I) 15 There they stopped to spend the night.(J) They went and sat in the city square,(K) but no one took them in for the night.
16 That evening(L) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,(M) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields. 17 When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”(N)
18 He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord.[a](O) No one has taken me in for the night. 19 We have both straw and fodder(P) for our donkeys(Q) and bread and wine(R) for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”
20 “You are welcome at my house,” the old man said. “Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.” 21 So he took him into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink.(S)
22 While they were enjoying themselves,(T) some of the wicked men(U) of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.(V)”
23 The owner of the house went outside(W) and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing.(X) 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter,(Y) and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”
25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her(Z) and abused her(AA) throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. 26 At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.
27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said to her, “Get up; let’s go.” But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
29 When he reached home, he took a knife(AB) and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.(AC) 30 Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt.(AD) Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!(AE)”
The Israelites Punish the Benjamites
20 Then all Israel(AF) from Dan to Beersheba(AG) and from the land of Gilead came together as one(AH) and assembled(AI) before the Lord in Mizpah.(AJ) 2 The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men(AK) armed with swords. 3 (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”
4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah(AL) in Benjamin to spend the night.(AM) 5 During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me.(AN) They raped my concubine, and she died.(AO) 6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance,(AP) because they committed this lewd and outrageous act(AQ) in Israel. 7 Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.(AR)”
8 All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house. 9 But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: We’ll go up against it in the order decided by casting lots.(AS) 10 We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah[b] in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.” 11 So all the Israelites got together and united as one against the city.(AT)
12 The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?(AU) 13 Now turn those wicked men(AV) of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.(AW)”
But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. 14 From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites. 15 At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah. 16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed,(AX) each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
17 Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel[c](AY) and inquired of God.(AZ) They said, “Who of us is to go up first(BA) to fight(BB) against the Benjamites?”
The Lord replied, “Judah(BC) shall go first.”
19 The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah. 20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah. 21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites(BD) on the battlefield that day. 22 But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day. 23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord(BE) until evening,(BF) and they inquired of the Lord.(BG) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight(BH) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”
The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”
24 Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day. 25 This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites,(BI) all of them armed with swords.
26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord.(BJ) They fasted(BK) that day until evening and presented burnt offerings(BL) and fellowship offerings(BM) to the Lord.(BN) 27 And the Israelites inquired of the Lord.(BO) (In those days the ark of the covenant of God(BP) was there, 28 with Phinehas son of Eleazar,(BQ) the son of Aaron, ministering before it.)(BR) They asked, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?”
The Lord responded, “Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.(BS)”
29 Then Israel set an ambush(BT) around Gibeah. 30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before. 31 The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away(BU) from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel(BV) and the other to Gibeah. 32 While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,”(BW) the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”
33 All the men of Israel moved from their places and took up positions at Baal Tamar, and the Israelite ambush charged out of its place(BX) on the west[d] of Gibeah.[e] 34 Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize(BY) how near disaster was.(BZ) 35 The Lord defeated Benjamin(CA) before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords. 36 Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten.
Now the men of Israel had given way(CB) before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush(CC) they had set near Gibeah. 37 Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.(CD) 38 The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke(CE) from the city,(CF) 39 and then the Israelites would counterattack.
The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”(CG) 40 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.(CH) 41 Then the Israelites counterattacked,(CI) and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come(CJ) on them. 42 So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there. 43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily[f] overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east. 44 Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.(CK) 45 As they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon,(CL) the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
46 On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite(CM) swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters. 47 But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months. 48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.(CN)
Wives for the Benjamites
21 The men of Israel had taken an oath(CO) at Mizpah:(CP) “Not one of us will give(CQ) his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
2 The people went to Bethel,[g] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. 3 “Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(CR) from Israel today?”
4 Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.(CS)
5 Then the Israelites asked, “Who from all the tribes of Israel(CT) has failed to assemble before the Lord?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah was to be put to death.
6 Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said. 7 “How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath(CU) by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” 8 Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead(CV) had come to the camp for the assembly. 9 For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children. 11 “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male(CW) and every woman who is not a virgin.(CX)” 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(CY) in Canaan.
13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace(CZ) to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.(DA) 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.
15 The people grieved for Benjamin,(DB) because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16 And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left? 17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.(DC) 18 We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:(DD) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives(DE) a wife to a Benjamite.’ 19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(DF) which lies north of Bethel(DG), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(DH) and south of Lebonah.”
20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing,(DI) rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin. 22 When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give(DJ) your daughters to them.’”
23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing,(DK) each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance(DL) and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.(DM)
24 At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.
25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.(DN)
Footnotes
- Judges 19:18 Hebrew, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum; Septuagint going home
- Judges 20:10 One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah
- Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26
- Judges 20:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 20:33 Hebrew Geba, a variant of Gibeah
- Judges 20:43 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God
士师记 19-21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 19-21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
利未人和他的妾
19 那时候，以色列没有王。有一个利未人住在以法莲山区的偏远地带，他娶了犹大 伯利恒的一个女子为妾。 2 那女子不忠，离开丈夫回到犹大 伯利恒的父亲家，住了四个月。 3 后来，她丈夫带着一个仆人和两头驴去见她，用好话劝她回去。那女子带他去见自己的父亲。她父亲看见女婿来了，便热情地接待他， 4 留他在家里小住。他便在那里住了三天，一起吃住。 5 第四天，他清早起来准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西补充体力后再走吧。” 6 于是，二人坐下来一起吃喝。岳父对他说：“再住一夜，高兴高兴吧。” 7 他不肯答应，起来要走，但岳父一再挽留，他就又住了一夜。 8 第五天清早起来，他准备回家，岳父对他说：“吃点东西，太阳偏西再走吧。”于是，二人一同吃饭。 9 他带着妾和仆人起来要走的时候，岳父对他说：“看啊，太阳偏西了，天色已晚，再住一夜高兴高兴，明天一早再走吧。”
10 可是，他不愿意再留一夜，就备好两头驴，带着他的妾走了，来到耶布斯附近。耶布斯就是耶路撒冷。 11 他们临近耶布斯时，天快黑了，仆人对主人说：“我们不如就在耶布斯人的城里住宿吧。” 12 主人说：“我们不可在没有以色列人住的外邦城邑住宿，不如赶到基比亚。” 13 他又说：“我们前往基比亚或拉玛住宿吧。” 14 于是，他们继续前行，到便雅悯境内的基比亚时，天已经黑了。 15 他们决定在那里过夜。因为没有人接待他们，他们只好在城中的广场露宿。
16 那时，有一个老人从田间工作回来，经过那里。他本来是以法莲山区的人，现在住在便雅悯境内的基比亚。 17 他看见有人在城中的广场露宿，就问：“你们从哪里来，要到哪里去？” 18 利未人回答说：“我们从犹大的伯利恒来，正要回家去。我住在以法莲山区的偏远地带。我现在要去耶和华的殿。这里没有人接待我。 19 其实我有粮草喂驴，我和我的妾及仆人也有饼和酒，什么也不缺。” 20 那老人说：“到我家来吧，我会供应你们的需要，千万不可在街头露宿。” 21 于是，那老人带他们回家，喂他们的驴。他们洗完脚后，便一起吃喝。
22 他们正欢快的时候，城里的一群无赖前来围住房子，连连叩门，对老人说：“把你家里的客人交出来，我们要跟他性交。” 23 老人出去对他们说：“弟兄们啊，不要做这种恶事！这人是我的客人，不要干这种卑鄙的事！ 24 我有个女儿，仍是处女，还有这人的妾，我把她们交出来，任你们玩弄，只是不要对这人干这种卑鄙的事。” 25 他们却不肯听。利未人就把自己的妾推出去交给他们。他们强暴她，终夜凌辱她，直到天快亮才放她走。 26 她回到丈夫住宿的房子门前，就扑倒在地。
27 早晨，她丈夫起来打开房门要上路，发现她倒卧在门前，双手搭在门槛上， 28 就对她说：“起来，我们走吧！”她却没有反应。于是，他就把她的尸体放在驴背上启程回家。 29 回到家里，他用刀把尸体切成十二块，派人送往以色列全境。 30 看见的人都说：“自从以色列人离开埃及以来，这种事从未发生过，也从未见过。我们必须商量一下，看看该怎么办。”
讨伐基比亚
20 于是，从但到别示巴以及基列的全体以色列人万众一心，来到米斯巴，聚集在耶和华面前。 2 以色列各支派的首领都参加了这次上帝子民的聚会，当时有四十万持刀的步兵。 3 便雅悯人也听见以色列人聚集在米斯巴的消息。以色列人问那个利未人：“请告诉我们，这件邪恶的事是怎么发生的？” 4 那利未人，就是被害女子的丈夫说：“我和我的妾到便雅悯的基比亚住宿。 5 那天晚上，基比亚人包围我们住宿的房子，要杀死我。他们把我的妾蹂躏致死。 6 我就把她的尸体切成块，送到以色列的各个地区，让以色列人都知道基比亚人做了邪恶、无耻的事。 7 以色列人啊，你们看该怎么处理吧！”
8 众人起来异口同声地说：“我们谁也不回帐篷，谁也不回家。 9 现在我们要抽签去攻打基比亚。 10 我们要从各支派中抽出十分之一的人负责运粮，等军队到达基比亚后，就可以讨伐在以色列做出这种卑鄙之事的基比亚人。” 11 于是，以色列人团结一致，一起去攻打那城。
12 他们派人去对便雅悯各地的人说：“你们中间怎么发生了这种邪恶的事！ 13 现在把那些基比亚的无赖交出来，我们要处死他们，从以色列铲除罪恶。”便雅悯人却充耳不闻， 14 还从各城聚集到基比亚跟以色列人打仗。 15 便雅悯人从各城召集了两万六千刀兵，还从基比亚召集了七百精兵。 16 军中有七百精兵善用左手甩石，毫发不差。 17 其他十一个以色列支派则召集了四十万善战的刀兵。
18 以色列人到伯特利去求问上帝，说：“我们当中哪个支派应当先去攻打便雅悯人呢？”耶和华说：“犹大支派。”
19 第二天清早，以色列人就在基比亚附近安营， 20 摆开阵势，准备攻打便雅悯人。 21 便雅悯人从基比亚出来，当天杀了以色列军两万二千人。 22 以色列人重整士气，仍在第一天列阵的地方列阵。 23 列阵之前，他们在耶和华面前一直哀哭到晚上。他们求问耶和华，说：“我们应该再去攻打我们的同胞便雅悯人吗？”耶和华说：“可以去。”
24 第二天，以色列人前去攻打便雅悯人。 25 便雅悯人从基比亚出来迎战，又杀了以色列军一万八千刀兵。 26 以色列全军来到伯特利，坐在耶和华面前哀哭，那天他们一直禁食到晚上，又在耶和华面前献上燔祭和平安祭。 27-28 那时，上帝的约柜就在那里，亚伦的孙子、以利亚撒的儿子非尼哈任祭司。以色列人求问耶和华，说：“我们应该再去攻打我们的同胞便雅悯人吗？还是退兵？”耶和华说：“去攻打吧，因为明天我必把他们交在你们手中。”
29 以色列人在基比亚周围设下伏兵。 30 第三天，以色列人又像前两次一样在基比亚列阵，攻打便雅悯人。 31 便雅悯人前来迎战，被以色列人诱到城外。他们又像前两次一样击杀以色列人，大约三十名以色列人死在通往基比亚和伯特利的两条路上。 32 便雅悯人说：“我们又打败他们了。”但以色列人已经商议好，用诈败的方法诱敌离城到大路上来。 33 以色列全军在巴力·他玛列阵反攻，埋伏在基比亚西面的以色列人也冲了出来。 34 有一万以色列精兵从正面攻打基比亚，战事非常激烈。便雅悯人大祸临头了仍懵然不知。 35 耶和华帮助以色列人战胜了便雅悯人。那天，以色列人杀了便雅悯两万五千一百刀兵。 36 便雅悯人这才意识到自己战败了。
原来以色列人在便雅悯人面前诈败，因为他们已在基比亚附近设下伏兵。 37 那些伏兵迅速冲进基比亚，杀了全城的人。 38 以色列人和伏兵已有约定，伏兵在城内点起一股浓烟时， 39 以色列人便转身杀回。便雅悯人杀了诈败的以色列军大约三十人，以为像以前一样打败了他们。 40 这时基比亚城已浓烟滚滚，便雅悯人回头观望，只见全城浓烟四起。 41 以色列人转身杀了回来，便雅悯人大惊失色，知道大祸临头了。 42 他们从以色列人面前转身逃往旷野，却无法逃脱。以色列人从各城出来夹攻他们。 43 以色列人围攻便雅悯人，一路追杀他们直到基比亚的东边。 44 便雅悯人共死了一万八千名勇士。 45 余下的人都逃往旷野的临门岩，沿途有五千人被杀。以色列人追杀他们，一直追到基顿，又消灭了他们两千人。 46 那天，便雅悯人共死了两万五千名英勇的刀兵， 47 只有六百人逃到了临门岩，在那里住了四个月。 48 以色列人回师便雅悯境内，将各城的男女老少以及牲畜全部杀死，又放火烧毁所有的城邑。
为便雅悯支派娶妻
21 以色列人曾在米斯巴起誓不把女儿嫁给便雅悯人。 2 他们来到伯特利，坐在上帝面前放声痛哭，直到黄昏。 3 他们说：“以色列的上帝耶和华啊，以色列为何少了一个支派呢？为何发生了这样的事呢？” 4 第二天，众人清早起来在那里筑了一座祭坛，献上燔祭和平安祭。 5 他们彼此议论说：“我们到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前的时候，各支派中谁没有来呢？”原来，他们曾经起誓说：凡不到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前的人都要被处死。 6 以色列人为他们的同胞便雅悯人难过，说：“如今以色列绝了一个支派。 7 我们曾经在耶和华面前起誓，决不把女儿嫁给便雅悯人，现在我们应该怎么办才能使他们剩下来的人得到妻子呢？”
8 他们又查问各支派中谁没有到米斯巴聚集在耶和华面前，结果发现基列·雅比人缺席， 9 因为点兵的时候，没有一个基列·雅比人在场。 10 于是，会众派出一万二千精兵，命令他们杀掉基列·雅比人及其妇女和孩子。 11 他们对精兵说：“你们所要做的就是消灭所有的男子和已婚妇女。” 12 他们在基列·雅比的居民中找到四百名处女，把她们带回迦南的示罗营地。
13 全体会众又派人到临门岩去跟便雅悯人讲和。 14 于是，便雅悯人返回了家乡，以色列人把从基列·雅比居民中留下来的四百个处女给他们做妻子，但还是不够。 15 众人为便雅悯支派难过，因为耶和华使以色列少了一个支派。
16 会众的长老说：“便雅悯支派的女子都死了，我们应该怎么办才能使余下的人有妻子呢？ 17 便雅悯的余民必须成家立后，以免以色列失去一个支派。 18 可是我们又不能把女儿嫁给他们，因为我们曾经起誓，‘把女儿嫁给便雅悯人的必受咒诅。’” 19 有人想起在示罗每年都有耶和华的节期。示罗在利波拿以南、伯特利以北至示剑的大路东面。 20 于是，他们对便雅悯人说：“你们埋伏在葡萄园里， 21 见到示罗的女子出来跳舞时，就冲出去各自抢一个，带回便雅悯做妻子。 22 倘若她们的父亲或弟兄前来抱怨，我们会说，‘求你们恩待我们，因为我们从战场上带回的女子不够分给他们做妻子。何况又不是你们把女儿嫁给他们的，所以罪不在你们。’” 23 便雅悯人就依计行事，从跳舞的女子中各自抢了一个，带回自己的家乡做妻子。他们重建城邑，住在其中。 24 于是，以色列人离开那里，各回自己的支派、宗族和家园。
25 那时候，以色列人没有王，人人各行其是。
Judges 19-21
New International Version
Judges 19-21
New International Version
A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months, 3 her husband went to her to persuade her to return. He had with him his servant and two donkeys. She took him into her parents’ home, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him. 4 His father-in-law, the woman’s father, prevailed on him to stay; so he remained with him three days, eating and drinking,(C) and sleeping there.
5 On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself(D) with something to eat; then you can go.” 6 So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the woman’s father said, “Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself.(E)” 7 And when the man got up to go, his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night. 8 On the morning of the fifth day, when he rose to go, the woman’s father said, “Refresh yourself. Wait till afternoon!” So the two of them ate together.
9 Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, “Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.” 10 But, unwilling to stay another night, the man left and went toward Jebus(F) (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
11 When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Come, let’s stop at this city of the Jebusites(G) and spend the night.”
12 His master replied, “No. We won’t go into any city whose people are not Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.” 13 He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah(H) and spend the night in one of those places.” 14 So they went on, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.(I) 15 There they stopped to spend the night.(J) They went and sat in the city square,(K) but no one took them in for the night.
16 That evening(L) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,(M) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields. 17 When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going? Where did you come from?”(N)
18 He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Lord.[a](O) No one has taken me in for the night. 19 We have both straw and fodder(P) for our donkeys(Q) and bread and wine(R) for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”
20 “You are welcome at my house,” the old man said. “Let me supply whatever you need. Only don’t spend the night in the square.” 21 So he took him into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink.(S)
22 While they were enjoying themselves,(T) some of the wicked men(U) of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him.(V)”
23 The owner of the house went outside(W) and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing.(X) 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter,(Y) and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”
25 But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her(Z) and abused her(AA) throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. 26 At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.
27 When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and stepped out to continue on his way, there lay his concubine, fallen in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold. 28 He said to her, “Get up; let’s go.” But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
29 When he reached home, he took a knife(AB) and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.(AC) 30 Everyone who saw it was saying to one another, “Such a thing has never been seen or done, not since the day the Israelites came up out of Egypt.(AD) Just imagine! We must do something! So speak up!(AE)”
The Israelites Punish the Benjamites
20 Then all Israel(AF) from Dan to Beersheba(AG) and from the land of Gilead came together as one(AH) and assembled(AI) before the Lord in Mizpah.(AJ) 2 The leaders of all the people of the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, four hundred thousand men(AK) armed with swords. 3 (The Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) Then the Israelites said, “Tell us how this awful thing happened.”
4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah(AL) in Benjamin to spend the night.(AM) 5 During the night the men of Gibeah came after me and surrounded the house, intending to kill me.(AN) They raped my concubine, and she died.(AO) 6 I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance,(AP) because they committed this lewd and outrageous act(AQ) in Israel. 7 Now, all you Israelites, speak up and tell me what you have decided to do.(AR)”
8 All the men rose up together as one, saying, “None of us will go home. No, not one of us will return to his house. 9 But now this is what we’ll do to Gibeah: We’ll go up against it in the order decided by casting lots.(AS) 10 We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah[b] in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.” 11 So all the Israelites got together and united as one against the city.(AT)
12 The tribes of Israel sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What about this awful crime that was committed among you?(AU) 13 Now turn those wicked men(AV) of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel.(AW)”
But the Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. 14 From their towns they came together at Gibeah to fight against the Israelites. 15 At once the Benjamites mobilized twenty-six thousand swordsmen from their towns, in addition to seven hundred able young men from those living in Gibeah. 16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed,(AX) each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
17 Israel, apart from Benjamin, mustered four hundred thousand swordsmen, all of them fit for battle.
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel[c](AY) and inquired of God.(AZ) They said, “Who of us is to go up first(BA) to fight(BB) against the Benjamites?”
The Lord replied, “Judah(BC) shall go first.”
19 The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah. 20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah. 21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites(BD) on the battlefield that day. 22 But the Israelites encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day. 23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord(BE) until evening,(BF) and they inquired of the Lord.(BG) They said, “Shall we go up again to fight(BH) against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites?”
The Lord answered, “Go up against them.”
24 Then the Israelites drew near to Benjamin the second day. 25 This time, when the Benjamites came out from Gibeah to oppose them, they cut down another eighteen thousand Israelites,(BI) all of them armed with swords.
26 Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the Lord.(BJ) They fasted(BK) that day until evening and presented burnt offerings(BL) and fellowship offerings(BM) to the Lord.(BN) 27 And the Israelites inquired of the Lord.(BO) (In those days the ark of the covenant of God(BP) was there, 28 with Phinehas son of Eleazar,(BQ) the son of Aaron, ministering before it.)(BR) They asked, “Shall we go up again to fight against the Benjamites, our fellow Israelites, or not?”
The Lord responded, “Go, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.(BS)”
29 Then Israel set an ambush(BT) around Gibeah. 30 They went up against the Benjamites on the third day and took up positions against Gibeah as they had done before. 31 The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away(BU) from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel(BV) and the other to Gibeah. 32 While the Benjamites were saying, “We are defeating them as before,”(BW) the Israelites were saying, “Let’s retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads.”
33 All the men of Israel moved from their places and took up positions at Baal Tamar, and the Israelite ambush charged out of its place(BX) on the west[d] of Gibeah.[e] 34 Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize(BY) how near disaster was.(BZ) 35 The Lord defeated Benjamin(CA) before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords. 36 Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten.
Now the men of Israel had given way(CB) before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush(CC) they had set near Gibeah. 37 Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.(CD) 38 The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke(CE) from the city,(CF) 39 and then the Israelites would counterattack.
The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”(CG) 40 But when the column of smoke began to rise from the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the whole city going up in smoke.(CH) 41 Then the Israelites counterattacked,(CI) and the Benjamites were terrified, because they realized that disaster had come(CJ) on them. 42 So they fled before the Israelites in the direction of the wilderness, but they could not escape the battle. And the Israelites who came out of the towns cut them down there. 43 They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily[f] overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east. 44 Eighteen thousand Benjamites fell, all of them valiant fighters.(CK) 45 As they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon,(CL) the Israelites cut down five thousand men along the roads. They kept pressing after the Benjamites as far as Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
46 On that day twenty-five thousand Benjamite(CM) swordsmen fell, all of them valiant fighters. 47 But six hundred of them turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months. 48 The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.(CN)
Wives for the Benjamites
21 The men of Israel had taken an oath(CO) at Mizpah:(CP) “Not one of us will give(CQ) his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
2 The people went to Bethel,[g] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. 3 “Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(CR) from Israel today?”
4 Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.(CS)
5 Then the Israelites asked, “Who from all the tribes of Israel(CT) has failed to assemble before the Lord?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah was to be put to death.
6 Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said. 7 “How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath(CU) by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” 8 Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead(CV) had come to the camp for the assembly. 9 For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.
10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children. 11 “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male(CW) and every woman who is not a virgin.(CX)” 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(CY) in Canaan.
13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace(CZ) to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.(DA) 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.
15 The people grieved for Benjamin,(DB) because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel. 16 And the elders of the assembly said, “With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left? 17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs,” they said, “so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.(DC) 18 We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:(DD) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives(DE) a wife to a Benjamite.’ 19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(DF) which lies north of Bethel(DG), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(DH) and south of Lebonah.”
20 So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, “Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing,(DI) rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin. 22 When their fathers or brothers complain to us, we will say to them, ‘Do us the favor of helping them, because we did not get wives for them during the war. You will not be guilty of breaking your oath because you did not give(DJ) your daughters to them.’”
23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing,(DK) each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance(DL) and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.(DM)
24 At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance.
25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.(DN)
Footnotes
- Judges 19:18 Hebrew, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum; Septuagint going home
- Judges 20:10 One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah
- Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26
- Judges 20:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 20:33 Hebrew Geba, a variant of Gibeah
- Judges 20:43 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God
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