Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children. Judges 21:5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. ) they determined to destroy the men of Jabesh, and to leave none except the virgins; and to give these to the 600 Benjamites who had escaped to the rock of Rimmon. The whole account is dreadful. The crime of the men of Gibeah was of the deepest dye; the punishment involving both the guilty and innocent, was extended to the most criminal excess, and their mode of remedying the evil they had occasioned was equally abominable. Judges 21:5 Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. Judges 5:23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men. Deuteronomy 13:15 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle. Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan, the son of Zare, and the silver, and the garment, and the golden rule, his sons also, and his daughters, his oxen, and asses, and sheep, the tent also, and all the goods: and brought them to the valley of Achor: 1 Samuel 11:7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man. 1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. Context Wives for the Benjamites…9(At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there,) 10So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.11And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.… Cross References Numbers 31:17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men. Judges 5:23 Curse ye the land of Meroz, said the angel of the Lord: curse the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to help his most valiant men. Judges 21:8 Therefore they said: Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And, behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army. Judges 21:9 (At that time also when they were in Silo, no one of them was found there,) 1 Samuel 11:7 And taking both the oxen, he cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel, by messengers, saying: Whosoever shall not come forth, and follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell upon the people, and they went out as one man. Lexicon So the congregationהָעֵדָ֗ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5712: A stated assemblage sent וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out 12,000 שְׁנֵים־ (šə·nêm-) Number - md Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) of מִבְּנֵ֣י (mib·bə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son their most valiant הֶחָ֑יִל (he·ḥā·yil) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength men אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person and commanded them: וַיְצַוּ֨וּ (way·ṣaw·wū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order “Go לְ֠כוּ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk and put וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם (wə·hik·kî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike to the sword חֶ֔רֶב (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword those living יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י (yō·wō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in Jabesh-gilead, יָבֵ֤שׁ (yā·ḇêš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3003: Jabesh -- a place in Gilead, also an Israelite including women וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (wə·han·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female and children. וְהַטָּֽף׃ (wə·haṭ·ṭāp̄) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2945: A family Additional Translations So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword. And the assembly sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the edge of the sword, and the women and the children. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, 'Go -- and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants. 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