XX. 13.

B.C. about 1406:
29.Ch, 20. 6,7. See 1 Sam. 11.7.
b. border, Heb. gebul.
8. Sons, or descend- ants.
ISRAEL ASSEMBLED. 1. Deut. 13. 12-14, Josh. 22, 12-14.
s. sons.
i. ish.
J. Jehovah,
THE LEVITE'S CASE CON- SIDERED. 4. Ch. 19. 15-
29.
RA the man.
m. masters, Heb. baa- lim.
z. ish.
@. anah- shim.
MEN SENT TO BENJAMIN.
8. SONS.
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JupGEs XX. 14.
B.C. about 1406.
THE BENJA- MITES GATHERED. 26,700.
8. SONS.
é. ish.
16.1 Chr. 12.2.
si. sin, Heb. khahtah,
TAKEN OF Gop.
J. ‘Jehovah,
FIRST BATTLE. »
22,000 ISRAELITES SLAIN.
WEEPING AND COUNSEL.
J. Jehovah,
SECOND BATTLE. 18,000 ISRAELITES SLAIN.
WEEPING, FASTING, SACRIFICE,
ND
COUNSEL. b. Beth-él. See Ch, 21.
1. offered_ up.
a.ascending- offerings.
them_to_death, and put_away evil from Israél.” But the_schildren_of Benja- min would not hearken to the_voice_ of their brethren the_schildren_of Is- raél:
14 But the_schildren_of Benjamin gathered _themselves_together out _of the cities unto xGibeah, to go_out to xbattle against the_schildren_of Israél.
45 And the_schildren_of Benjamin were_numbered at xthat *time out_of the cities twenty and six thousand imen that_drew sword, beside the- inhabitants_of *Gibeah, which were_ numbered seven hundred chosen ‘men.
16 Among all xthis xpeople there were seven hundred chosen ‘men lefthanded ; every one +could_sling xstones at @ xhair breadth, and not s* miss.
17 And the_imen_of Israél, beside Benjamin, were_numbered four hun- dred thousand ‘men +that_drew sword: all these were ‘ men_of war.
18 And the_s children_of Israél arose, and went_up to }the_house_of ~God, and asked_counsel of =God, and said, “Which of us shall_go_up *first to the battle against the_schildren_of Ben- jamin?” And ‘the Lorp said, “Judah shall go wp first.”
19 And the_schildren_of Israél rose_up in the morning, and encamped against xGibeah.
2 And the_imen_of Israél went_out to xbattle against Benjamin ; and the_ émen_of Israél put _ themselves _in _ array to fight against them at xGibeah.
21 And the_schildren_of Benjamin came_forth out_of stroyed down_to_the_ground of the Israélites xthat xday twenty and two thousand ‘men.
2 And the -people the_‘men _of Israél-encouraged_themselves, and set their battle again in_array in the place where they put_themselves_in_array the first «day.
23 (And the_s children_of Israél went_ up and wept before 'the Lorp until xeven, and asked_counsel of ! the Lorp, saying, “Shall I_go_up again to battle against the_schildren_of Benjamin my brother?” And ‘the Lorp said, “*Go_ up against him.”)
24 And the_s children_of Israél came_ near against the_schildren_of Benjamin the second «day.
2 And Benjamin went_forth against them out_of xGibeah the second «day, and destroyed down_to_the_ground of the_schildren_of Israél again eighteen thousand ‘men; all these +drew the sword.
26 Then all the_schildren_of Israél, and all the people, went_up, and came unto the_+ house_of ~God, and wept, and sat there before / the Lorp, and fasted xthat xday until xeyen, and offered « aburnt_offerings and peace _offerings before ! the Lorn.
27 And the_schildren_of Israél in- quired of ‘the Lorn, (for the_ark_of the_covenant_of x=God was there in xthose xdays, is
28 And Phinehas, thezson_of Eleazar, the_son_of Aaron, -stood before it in xthose xdays,) saying, “Shall I yet
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again go_out to xbattle nst the_|B.C.ab schildren_of Benjamin my brother, or| 1406, shall_I_cease?” And Jthe Lorp said, “sGo_up: for to-morrow I will_deliver them into thine hand.”
29 And Israél set liers_in_wait round_ about xGibeah.
80 And the_schildren_of Israél went_ up against the_schildren_of Benjamin on the third xday, and put_themselves_ in_array against xGibeah, as at other times.
31 And the_schildren_of Benjamin went_out against the people, and were drawn_away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and +kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth_up to > the_house_of -God, and the_other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty ‘men of Israel.
82 And the_schildren_of Benjamin said, “Thep are smitten_down before us, as at the first.” But the_schildren_ of Israél said, “ *Let_us_flee, and «draw them from the city unto the high- ways.”
33 And all the_imen_of Israél rose_ up out_of their place, and put_them- selves_in array at Baal-tamar: and the_liers_in_wait_of Israél +came_forth out_of their places, even out_of the_ meadows_of Gibeah.
34 And there came against xGibeah ten thousand chosen ‘men out_of all Israél, and the battle was_sore: but thep knew not that xevil was near them. : 35 And Jthe Lorp smote -Benjamin before Israél: and the_s children_of Israél destroyed of the Benjamites «that xday twenty and five thousand and a hundred ‘men: all these +drew the sword,
36 So the_schildren_of Benjamin saw that they were_smitten : for the-men_ of Israél gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers_in_ wait which they had_set beside xGibeah.
37 And the liers_in_wait hasted, and rushed upon xGibeah; and the liers_ in_wait drew _ themselves _along, and smote call the city with the_edge_of the sword.
38 Now there was an xappointed_si; between the.imen_of Israél and the liers_in_wait, that they should_make a great flame with smoke rise_up out_of
6. Beth-el. See Ch. 21. 12
i. ish,
THE Cin BURNED.
39 And when the_i men_of Israél re- tired in_the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the.‘ men_of Israél about thirty ‘persons: for they said, “Surely thep are_smitten down before us, as in the first xbattle.” }
40 But when the flame began to arise_ up out_of the city with a pillar_of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the_flame_of the city ascended_up to /x=heaven.
41 And when the_imen-_of Israél turned_again, the-i‘men_of Benjamin were_amazed : for they saw that ~xevil was_come upon them.
#2 Therefore they turned their backs before the_‘men_of Israél unto the_ way_of the wilderness ; but the battle overtook them; and them which came
h. the heavens.
BENJAM: x FLEES. —
pasnaet. |
.|fled to the wilderness unto the_rock |
"| gregation unto! the Lorp?”
t
Jupezs XX. 43.
C.about | out_of the cities thep destroyed in the_ 1406.
midst_of them.
43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round_about, and chased them, and trode_them_down with_ease , over_ against xGibeah toward the sunrising.
# And there fell of Benjamin eigh- teen thousand ‘men; «all these were @ men_of valour.
45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the_rock_of xRim- mon: and they gleaned of them in the | highways five thousand ‘men; and pursued_hard after them unto Gidom, | and slew two_thousand ‘ men of them.
# So that all which fell xthat xday of | Benjamin were twenty and five thou- | sand imen +that_drew the sword ; -all these were © men_of valour.
47 But six hundred ‘ men turned and
«Rimmon, and abode in the_rock Rim- mon four months.
48 And the_imen_of Israél turned_ again upon the_s children_of Benjamin, and smote them with the_edge_of the | sword, as well the_men_of every city, as the beast, and all that came_to_hand: | also they set on fire all the cities that | they came_to.
NOW the_men_of Israél had_ sworn in xMizpeh, saying,
“There shall not any of us give his|
daughter unto Benjamin to wife.”
2 And the people came tothe_house_ of God, and abode there till xeven be- fore x=God, and lifted_up their voices, | and wept sore ;
3 And said, “O_) Lorp=Goc_of Israél, why is this come_to_pass in Israél, that there should_be to day one tribe lack- ing in Israél?” |
+ And it came_to_pass on the morrow, that the people rose_early, and built there an altar, and offered « « burnt_ offerings and peace_offerings.
5 And the_schildren_of Israél said, “Who is there among all the_tribes_of Israél that came not up with the «scon- For they had_made @ great xoath concerning him that came not up to /the Lorp to x saying, “He shall_surely be_ put_to_death.”
6 And the_schildren_of Israél re-| pented them for Benjamin their bro- ther, and said, “There is one tribe cut_ off from Israél this day.
7 How shall_we_do for wives for! xathem_that remain, seeing we shave_ sworn by /the Lorp that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
8 And they said, “ What one is there of the_tribes_of Israél that came not up to xMizpeh to’the Lorp?” And, be- hold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
% For the people were _ numbered, and, behold, there were none of the_ inhabitants_of Jabesh-gilead there.
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand ‘men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, “*Go and -smite-the_inhabitants_of Jabesh-
| stroyed out_of IsraéL
| § Cursed be the_that _giveth a wife a]
| bonah.’
|s children_of Benjamin, saying, “-Go | and -lie_in_wait in the vineyards ;
Jupexrs XXT. 25.
gilead with the_edge_of the sword, with the women and the ! children.
11 And this is the thing that ye shall_ do, Ye @ shall_utterly_destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain_ by aman.”
© And they found among the_in-|a habitants_of Jabesh-gilead four hun- dred yyoung virgins, that had_known no ‘man by lying_with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the_land_of Canaan.
13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the_s children_of Ben- jamin that were in the_rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
14 And Benjamin came_again at xthat xtime; and they gave them xwives which they had_saved_alive of the_ women_of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so] they sufficed them not.
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that J the Lorp had_ made a breach in the_tribes_of Israél.
16 Then the_elders_of the congrega- tion said, “How shall_we_do for wives for «-them_that remain, seeing the women are_destroyed out_of Ben- jamin?”
iW And they said, “ There must be an inheritance for them_that_be_escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not de-
18 Howbeit we may not give them Wives of our daughters: for the_s chil- dren_of Israél -shave_sworn, saying,
Benjamin.’”
19 Then they said, “Behold, there is} a feast_of 4 tle Lorp in Shiloh pan in @ place which is on the_north_side of Beth-él, ‘on the east_side of the highway that goeth_up from Beth-él to Shechem, and on the_ south of Le-
2» Therefore they commanded -the_
21 And -see, and, behold, if the_ daughters_of Shiloh Fcome_out to dance in xdances, then scome_ye_out of the vineyards, and ‘catch you ¢ every_ man his wife of the_daughters_of Shiloh, and -go to the_land_of Benjamin.
= And it -shall_be, when their fathers or their brethren tcome unto us to com- plain, that we -will_say unto them, ‘-Be_ favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to ‘each_man his wife in the war: for pe did not give unto them at this time, that ye should_be_guilty.
23 And the_schildren_of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according_ to their number, of them_that _danced, | whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and| brepaired «the cities, and dwelt in them.
2+ And the_schildren_of Israél de- parted thence at xthat «time, ‘every_
man to his tribe and to his family, i.
and they went_out from thence every_ man to his inheritance.
25 In xthose xdays there was no king in Israél: i every_man ‘did that which was right in his_own eyes.
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a.amale, | 12. Josb.18.1. |
y- young- women. i, ish.
AND GIVEN | TO THE BEN- JAMITES. = Ch. 20. 47.
$. Sons,
SECOND
CoNSULTA- |
TION.
THE FEAST | IN SHILOH. |
18. v1.
2%.Deut.12 8. Ch. 17.6 ; 18.1
Ruts I. 1.
|
THE BOOK OF
RUTH.
B.C. about OW it came_to_pass in the_days_ 1322. I when the judges J ruled, that there Euaerecu | Was a famine in the land. And a ‘ cer- AND His |tain_man of Beth-lehem-judah went to Sons IN |sojourn in the_fcountry_of Moab, he, MOAB and his wife, and his two sons.
1,1 Sam. 22.) 2 And the-name_of the ‘man was
Isa. 16. 3, 4.]¢Elimelech, and the-name-_of his wife
Jj. judged. » Naomi, and the_name-of his two sons
é AG mMahlon and ¢Chilion, Ephrathites,
T Elimelech, |of Beth-lehem-judah, And they came
My God is '|into the_/ country_of Moab, and con-
King. | tinued there.
ee 3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband
sant one. |died; and she was-_left, and her two
m. Mahlon, | sons.
en 4 And they took them wives_of the_
Pining. |women_of Moab ; the_name-_of the one
THE Sons | as 0 Orpah, and the name of the other
Diz. |r Ruth: and they dwelled there about
o. Orpah, ten years.
Neck, 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also
Hind, or |both_of them; and the woman was_left
r. Ruth, Ap-|of her two sons and ,2/ her husband.
pearance, 6 Then she arose with her daugh-
or Beauty. |ters_in_law, that she might_return from sf _|the_fcountry_of Moab: for she had_
NaoMI. |heard in the_fcountry_of Moab how about 1312. | that J the Lorp had_visited His ~people
f fields. | |in giving them bread. °
Tuicthat is, | 7 Wherefore she went-forth out_of
and that | |the place where she was, and her two
was, and |daughters_in_law with her; and they thatieos went on the way to return unto the_ z land_of Judah.
HER 8 And Naomi said unto her two DAUGH- |daughters_in_law, “Go, sreturn each TERSIN- Ito her mother’s house: J the Lorp 'deal
gv.5. |kindly with you, acas ye shave_dealt
ac. accord- | with the =dead, and with me.
ing as. 9J The Lorp ‘grant you that ye -may_
9.Ch.3.1. |fnd rest, each of you in the_house_of her husband.” Then she kissed them ; and they lifted-up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, “Surely we will_return with thee unto thy peo- le.”
11. Deut.25.5.| 11 And Naomi said, “-Turn_again, my daughters: why will_ye_go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they -may_be your hus- bands ?
12 -Turn_again, my daughters, *go your way; for I «am too old to have a husband. If I should_say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should_have a husband also to-night, and should also bear sons;
13 Would_ye_tarry for them till they were_grown ? would_ye_stay for them from having husbands? nay, m
i. itisbitter|daughters ; for ‘it grieveth me muc
tome) s5 for your sakes that the_hand_of/ the
Lorp «is_gone_out against me.”
14 And they lifted_up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her a pie but Ruth clave unto
er.
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| thee”
15 And she said, “Behold, thy sister_| B.C. about in_law -is_gone_back unto her people,| 1312. and unto her gods: -return thou after thy sister_in_law.”
16 And Ruth said, “'Intreat me not
RUTH. to leave thee, or to return from follow-
ing_after thee: for whither thou 'goest, aco ee I will_go; and where thou tlodgest, I) 7yiine will_lodge: thy people shall be my
people, and thy =God my =God ;
17 Where thou tdiest, will_I_die, and} 7,4, there will_I_be_buried : /the Lorp 'do} 0; so to me, and more also, if ought but xdeath part 4 thee and me.”
18 When she saw that she *¢ was_ stedfastly_minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. self.
19 So they two went until they came to / Beth-lehem. And it came_to_pass, when they were_come_to Beth-lehem, that all the city was_moved about them, and they said, “Js this » Naomi?”
20 And she said unto them, “*Call me| House-of not Naomi, :call me ™ Mara: for s the Fi =Almighty -hath_dealt very bitterly with me. a
21 E went_out full, and /the Lorp}, ‘hath_brought me home again empty :|"; why then teall ye me Naomi, seeing Jthe Lorp shath_testified against and sthe me?”
2 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter_in_law, with her, which returned out_of the_fcoun- try_of Moab: and they came to Beth- lehem in the_beginning_of barley har-
vest.
2 AND Naomi had a «ckinsman of her husband’s, a mighty ‘man of_
wealth, of the_family_of Elimelech ;} ;'
and his name was > Boaz. : db
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, “'Let me now go to the field, and ‘glean ,4xears_of_corn after him in whose sight I shall_find grace.” And she said unto her, “-Go, my daughter.”
3 And she went, and came, and glean-| 39 ed in the field after the reapers: and her ‘hap was to_light_on_a_part_of the] ," field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the_kindred_of Elimelech.
4 And, behold, Boaz came from Beth- lehem, and said unto the reapers, “J The Lorp be with you.” And they answered him, “’ Zhe Lorp ‘bless
me, =Almighty shath _afiticted
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant
xithat was_set over the reapers, “Whose xdamsel és xthis?” » 6 And the servant x+that was_set over the reapers answered and said, “Et is the Moabitish damsel that came_back 4 with Naomi out_of the_f country_of|s. fields, He Moab: || sedee.