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Psalm 68:27
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Psalm 68:27
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27 (A)There is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their [a]company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
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- Psalm 68:27 throng
Psalm 68:27
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Psalm 68:27
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1 Samuel 9:21
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1 Samuel 9:21
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21 And Saul answered and said, (A)“Am I not a Benjamite, of the (B)smallest of the tribes of Israel, and (C)my family the least of all the families of the [a]tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”
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- 1 Samuel 9:21 Lit. tribes
1 Samuel 9:21
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1 Samuel 9:21
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21 Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe(A) of Israel, and is not my clan the least(B) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?(C) Why do you say such a thing to me?”
Ezekiel 37:19-27
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Ezekiel 37:19-27
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19 (A)say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take (B)the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’ 20 And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand (C)before their eyes.
21 “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely (D)I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and (E)I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and (F)one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 (G)They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but (H)I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
24 (I)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (J)they shall all have one shepherd; (K)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 (L)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (M)forever; and (N)My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will [a]make (O)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (P)multiply them, and I will set My (Q)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (R)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (S)their God, and they shall be My people.
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut
Ezekiel 37:19-27
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Ezekiel 37:19-27
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19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’(A) 20 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on 21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(B) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(C) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(D) 23 They will no longer defile(E) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a](F) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(G)
24 “‘My servant David(H) will be king(I) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(J) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(K) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(L) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(M) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(N) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(O) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(P) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(Q) and I will put my sanctuary among them(R) forever.(S) 27 My dwelling place(T) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(U)
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- Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned
Isaiah 11:13
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Isaiah 11:13
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13 Also (A)the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
Isaiah 11:13
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Isaiah 11:13
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Psalm 60:7
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Psalm 60:7
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7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
(A)Ephraim also is the [a]helmet for My head;
(B)Judah is My lawgiver.
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- Psalm 60:7 Lit. protection
Psalm 60:7
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Psalm 60:7
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Psalm 47:9
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Psalm 47:9
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9 The princes of the people have gathered together,
(A)The people of the God of Abraham.
(B)For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.
Psalm 47:9
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Psalm 47:9
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1 Chronicles 27:12
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1 Chronicles 27:12
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12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was (A)Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
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1 Chronicles 27:12
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1 Chronicles 27:12
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12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer(A) the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
1 Chronicles 15:3
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1 Chronicles 15:3
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3 And David (A)gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
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1 Chronicles 15:3
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1 Chronicles 15:3
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3 David assembled all Israel(A) in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 12:29
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1 Chronicles 12:29
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29 of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand (until then (A)the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul);
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1 Chronicles 12:29
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1 Chronicles 12:16
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1 Chronicles 12:16
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16 Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
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1 Chronicles 12:16
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1 Chronicles 12:16
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16 Other Benjamites(A) and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
Judges 21:6-25
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Judges 21:6-25
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6 And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel today. 7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters as wives?”
8 And they said, “What one is there from the tribes of Israel who did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord?” And, in fact, no one had come to the camp from (A)Jabesh Gilead to the assembly. 9 For when the people were counted, indeed, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there. 10 So the congregation sent out there twelve thousand of their most valiant men, and commanded them, saying, (B)“Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and children. 11 And this is the thing that you shall do: (C)You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately.” 12 So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at (D)Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
13 Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin (E)who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them. 14 So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.
15 And the people (F)grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?” 17 And they said, “There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel. 18 However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, (G)for the children of Israel have sworn an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the one who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ” 19 Then they said, “In fact, there is a yearly (H)feast of the Lord in (I)Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the (J)highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
20 Therefore they instructed the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go, lie in wait in the vineyards, 21 and watch; and just when the daughters of Shiloh come out (K)to perform their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; then go to the land of Benjamin. 22 Then it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, ‘Be kind to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, making yourselves guilty of your oath.’ ”
23 And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they (L)rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them. 24 So the children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they went out from there, every man to his inheritance.
25 (M)In those days there was no king in Israel; (N)everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
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Judges 21:6-25
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Judges 21:6-25
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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(A) 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(B) 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(C) and every woman who is not a virgin.(D)” 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(E) in Canaan.
13 Then the whole assembly sent an offer of peace(F) to the Benjamites at the rock of Rimmon.(G) 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,(H) 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.(I) 18 We can’t give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath:(J) ‘Cursed be anyone who gives(K) a wife to a Benjamite.’ 19 But look, there is the annual festival of the Lord in Shiloh,(L) which lies north of Bethel(M), east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem,(N) 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,(O) 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(P) your daughters to them.’”
23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the young women were dancing,(Q) each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance(R) and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.(S)
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.(T)
Judges 20:35
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Judges 20:35
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35 The Lord [a]defeated Benjamin before Israel. And the children of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred Benjamites; all these drew the sword.
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- Judges 20:35 Lit. struck
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Judges 20:35
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35 The Lord defeated Benjamin(A) before Israel, and on that day the Israelites struck down 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
Judges 5:18
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Judges 5:18
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18 (A)Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death,
Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.
Judges 5:18
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Judges 5:18
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