Apologetics Bible

Judges 21:1

Hebrew

וְאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבַּע בַּמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ לֹא־יִתֵּן בִּתּוֹ לְבִנְיָמִן לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

ve'iysh-yishera'el-nisheva'-vamitzefah-le'mor-'iysh-mimenv-lo'-yiten-vitvo-levineyamin-le'ishah

KJV: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

AKJV: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife.

ASV: Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

YLT: And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

Exposition: Judges 21:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:2

Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא הָעָם בֵּֽית־אֵל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם עַד־הָעֶרֶב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּשְׂאוּ קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ בְּכִי גָדֽוֹל׃

vayavo'-ha'am-veyt-'el-vayeshevv-sham-'ad-ha'erev-lifeney-ha'elohiym-vayishe'v-qvolam-vayivekhv-vekhiy-gadvol

KJV: And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

AKJV: And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

ASV: And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

YLT: And the people come in to Beth-El, and sit there till the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep--a great weeping,

Exposition: Judges 21:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:3

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָמָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיְתָה זֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהִפָּקֵד הַיּוֹם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁבֶט אֶחָֽד׃

vayo'merv-lamah-yehvah-'elohey-yishera'el-hayetah-zo't-veyishera'el-lehifaqed-hayvom-miyishera'el-shevet-'echad

KJV: And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

AKJV: And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

ASV: And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?

YLT: and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel--to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

Exposition: Judges 21:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:4

Hebrew

וַֽיְהִי מִֽמָּחֳרָת וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ הָעָם וַיִּבְנוּ־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלוֹת וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃

vayehiy-mimachorat-vayashekhiymv-ha'am-vayivenv-sham-mizevecha-vaya'alv-'olvot-vshelamiym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

Exposition: Judges 21:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:5

Hebrew

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה בַקָּהָל מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הָיְתָה לַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָה אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר מוֹת יוּמָֽת׃

vayo'merv-veney-yishera'el-miy-'asher-lo'-'alah-vaqahal-mikhal-shivetey-yishera'el-'el-yehvah-khiy-hashevv'ah-hagedvolah-hayetah-la'asher-lo'-'alah-'el-yehvah-hamitzefah-le'mor-mvot-yvmat

KJV: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

AKJV: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

ASV: And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

YLT: And the sons of Israel say, Who is he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?' for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, He is surely put to death.'

Exposition: Judges 21:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh,...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:6

Hebrew

וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־בִּנְיָמִן אָחִיו וַיֹּאמְרוּ נִגְדַּע הַיּוֹם שֵׁבֶט אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayinachamv-veney-yishera'el-'el-vineyamin-'achiyv-vayo'merv-nigeda'-hayvom-shevet-'echad-miyishera'el

KJV: And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

AKJV: And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

ASV: And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

YLT: And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, `There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,

Exposition: Judges 21:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:7

Hebrew

מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לַנּוֹתָרִים לְנָשִׁים וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ בַֽיהוָה לְבִלְתִּי תֵּת־לָהֶם מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ לְנָשִֽׁים׃

mah-na'asheh-lahem-lanvotariym-lenashiym-va'anachenv-nisheva'env-vayhvah-leviletiy-tet-lahem-mivenvoteynv-lenashiym

KJV: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

AKJV: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? ¶

ASV: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

YLT: what do we do for them--for those who are left--for wives, and we--we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'

Exposition: Judges 21:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:8

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִי אֶחָד מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־עָלָה אֶל־יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּה וְהִנֵּה לֹא בָא־אִישׁ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה מִיָּבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אֶל־הַקָּהָֽל׃

vayo'merv-miy-'echad-mishivetey-yishera'el-'asher-lo'-'alah-'el-yehvah-hamitzefah-vehineh-lo'-va'-'iysh-'el-hamachaneh-miyaveysh-gile'ad-'el-haqahal

KJV: And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.

AKJV: And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

ASV: And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

YLT: And they say, `Who is that one out of the tribes of Israel who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh?' and lo, none hath come in unto the camp from Jabesh-Gilead--unto the assembly.

Exposition: Judges 21:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:9

Hebrew

וַיִּתְפָּקֵד הָעָם וְהִנֵּה אֵֽין־שָׁם אִישׁ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָֽד׃

vayitefaqed-ha'am-vehineh-'eyn-sham-'iysh-miyvoshevey-yavesh-gile'ad

KJV: For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.

AKJV: For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.

ASV: For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

YLT: And the people numbered themselves, and lo, there is not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.

Exposition: Judges 21:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:10

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־שָׁם הָעֵדָה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר אֶלֶף אִישׁ מִבְּנֵי הֶחָיִל וַיְצַוּוּ אוֹתָם לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וְהִכִּיתֶם אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד לְפִי־חֶרֶב וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַטָּֽף׃

vayishelechv-sham-ha'edah-sheneym-'ashar-'elef-'iysh-miveney-hechayil-vayetzavv-'votam-le'mor-lekhv-vehikhiytem-'et-yvoshevey-yavesh-gile'ad-lefiy-cherev-vehanashiym-vehataf

KJV: 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 children.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Judges 21:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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 children.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:11

Hebrew

וְזֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ כָּל־זָכָר וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃

vezeh-hadavar-'asher-ta'ashv-khal-zakhar-vekhal-'ishah-yoda'at-mishekhav-zakhar-tachariymv

KJV: And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

AKJV: And this is the thing that you shall do, You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man.

ASV: And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

YLT: And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'

Exposition: Judges 21:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:12

Hebrew

וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי ׀ יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־יָדְעָה אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר וַיָּבִיאוּ אוֹתָם אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

vayimetze'v-miyvoshevey- -yaveysh-gile'ad-'areva'-me'vot-na'arah-vetvlah-'asher-lo'-yade'ah-'iysh-lemishekhav-zakhar-vayaviy'v-'votam-'el-hamachaneh-shiloh-'asher-ve'eretz-khena'an

KJV: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young 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.

AKJV: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

ASV: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

YLT: And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them in unto the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Exposition: Judges 21:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:13

Hebrew

וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ כָּל־הָעֵדָה וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן אֲשֶׁר בְּסֶלַע רִמּוֹן וַיִּקְרְאוּ לָהֶם שָׁלֽוֹם׃

vayishelechv-khal-ha'edah-vayedaverv-'el-veney-vineyamin-'asher-vesela'-rimvon-vayiqere'v-lahem-shalvom

KJV: And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

AKJV: And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.

ASV: And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them.

YLT: And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who are in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace;

Exposition: Judges 21:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:14

Hebrew

וַיָּשָׁב בִּנְיָמִן בָּעֵת הַהִיא וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם הַנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר חִיּוּ מִנְּשֵׁי יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וְלֹֽא־מָצְאוּ לָהֶם כֵּֽן׃

vayashav-vineyamin-va'et-hahiy'-vayitenv-lahem-hanashiym-'asher-chiyv-mineshey-yavesh-gile'ad-velo'-matze'v-lahem-khen

KJV: And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

AKJV: And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

ASV: And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

YLT: and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for all of them so.

Exposition: Judges 21:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:15

Hebrew

וְהָעָם נִחָם לְבִנְיָמִן כִּֽי־עָשָׂה יְהוָה פֶּרֶץ בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

veha'am-nicham-levineyamin-khiy-'ashah-yehvah-feretz-veshivetey-yishera'el

KJV: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

AKJV: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. ¶

ASV: And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

YLT: And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

Exposition: Judges 21:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:16

Hebrew

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ זִקְנֵי הָעֵדָה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַנּוֹתָרִים לְנָשִׁים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָה מִבִּנְיָמִן אִשָּֽׁה׃

vayo'merv-ziqeney-ha'edah-mah-na'asheh-lanvotariym-lenashiym-khiy-nishemedah-mivineyamin-'ishah

KJV: Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

AKJV: Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

ASV: Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

YLT: And the elders of the company say, `What do we do to the remnant for wives--for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'

Exposition: Judges 21:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:17

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ יְרֻשַּׁת פְּלֵיטָה לְבִנְיָמִן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶה שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

vayo'merv-yerushat-feleytah-levineyamin-velo'-yimacheh-shevet-miyishera'el

KJV: And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

AKJV: And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

ASV: And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

YLT: And they say, `A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

Exposition: Judges 21:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:18

Hebrew

וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נוּכַל לָתֵת־לָהֶם נָשִׁים מִבְּנוֹתֵינוּ כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּעוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אָרוּר נֹתֵן אִשָּׁה לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃

va'anachenv-lo'-nvkhal-latet-lahem-nashiym-mivenvoteynv-khiy-nisheve'v-veney-yishera'el-le'mor-'arvr-noten-'ishah-levineyamin

KJV: Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

AKJV: However, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.

ASV: Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

YLT: and we--we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'

Exposition: Judges 21:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:19

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִנֵּה חַג־יְהוָה בְּשִׁלוֹ מִיָּמִים ׀ יָמִימָה אֲשֶׁר מִצְּפוֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמְסִלָּה הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃

vayo'merv-hineh-chag-yehvah-veshilvo-miyamiym- -yamiymah-'asher-mitzefvonah-leveyt-'el-mizerechah-hashemesh-limesilah-ha'olah-miveyt-'el-shekhemah-vminegev-lilevvonah

KJV: Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

AKJV: Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

ASV: And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

YLT: And they say, `Lo, a festival of Jehovah is in Shiloh, from time to time, which is on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'

Exposition: Judges 21:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:20

Hebrew

ויצו וַיְצַוּוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן לֵאמֹר לְכוּ וַאֲרַבְתֶּם בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃

vytzv-vayetzavv-'et-veney-vineyamin-le'mor-lekhv-va'aravetem-vakheramiym

KJV: Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

AKJV: Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

ASV: And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

YLT: And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, `Go--and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

Exposition: Judges 21:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:21

Hebrew

וּרְאִיתֶם וְהִנֵּה אִם־יֵצְאוּ בְנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ לָחוּל בַּמְּחֹלוֹת וִֽיצָאתֶם מִן־הַכְּרָמִים וַחֲטַפְתֶּם לָכֶם אִישׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ מִבְּנוֹת שִׁילוֹ וַהֲלַכְתֶּם אֶרֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

vre'iytem-vehineh-'im-yetze'v-venvot-shiylvo-lachvl-vamecholvot-viytza'tem-min-hakheramiym-vachatafetem-lakhem-'iysh-'ishetvo-mivenvot-shiylvo-vahalakhetem-'eretz-vineyamin

KJV: And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

AKJV: And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

ASV: and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

YLT: and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances--then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;

Exposition: Judges 21:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:22

Hebrew

וְהָיָה כִּֽי־יָבֹאוּ אֲבוֹתָם אוֹ אֲחֵיהֶם לרוב לָרִיב ׀ אֵלֵינוּ וְאָמַרְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם חָנּוּנוּ אוֹתָם כִּי לֹא לָקַחְנוּ אִישׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה כִּי לֹא אַתֶּם נְתַתֶּם לָהֶם כָּעֵת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃

vehayah-khiy-yavo'v-'avvotam-'vo-'acheyhem-lrvv-lariyv- -'eleynv-ve'amarenv-'aleyhem-chanvnv-'votam-khiy-lo'-laqachenv-'iysh-'ishetvo-vamilechamah-khiy-lo'-'atem-netatem-lahem-kha'et-te'eshamv

KJV: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, 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 ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

AKJV: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be favorable to them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for you did not give to them at this time, that you should be guilty.

ASV: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

YLT: and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us by them, for we have not taken to each his wife in battle, for ye--ye have not given to them at this time that ye are guilty.'

Exposition: Judges 21:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, 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 ye did no...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:23

Hebrew

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן וַיִּשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים לְמִסְפָּרָם מִן־הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת אֲשֶׁר גָּזָלוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּשׁוּבוּ אֶל־נַחֲלָתָם וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת־הֶעָרִים וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בָּהֶֽם׃

vaya'ashv-khen-veney-vineyamin-vayishe'v-nashiym-lemisefaram-min-hamecholelvot-'asher-gazalv-vayelekhv-vayashvvv-'el-nachalatam-vayivenv-'et-he'ariym-vayeshevv-vahem

KJV: And the children 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 repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

AKJV: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelled in them.

ASV: And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

YLT: And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.

Exposition: Judges 21:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the children 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 repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:24

Hebrew

וַיִּתְהַלְּכוּ מִשָּׁם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּעֵת הַהִיא אִישׁ לְשִׁבְטוֹ וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וַיֵּצְאוּ מִשָּׁם אִישׁ לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃

vayitehalekhv-misham-veney-yishera'el-va'et-hahiy'-'iysh-leshivetvo-vlemishefachetvo-vayetze'v-misham-'iysh-lenachalatvo

KJV: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

AKJV: And the children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

ASV: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

YLT: And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance.

Exposition: Judges 21:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Judges 21:25

Hebrew

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ 618 21 4 4

vayamiym-hahem-'eyn-melekhe-veyishera'el-'iysh-hayashar-ve'eynayv-ya'asheh

KJV: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

AKJV: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

ASV: In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

YLT: In those days there is no king in Israel; each doth that which is right in his own eyes.

Exposition: Judges 21:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.