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Judges 21:1

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NOW the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
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  1. Judges 20:1Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

  2. Acts 23:12Rank 2 from verse 1
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    12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

  3. Ecclesiastes 5:2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  4. Judges 20:8Rank 4 from verse 1
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    8¶ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

  5. Judges 21:18Rank 5 from verse 1
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    18Howbeit 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.

  6. Mark 6:23Rank 6 from verse 1
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    23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

  7. 1 Samuel 14:24Rank 7 from verse 1
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    24¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

  8. 1 Samuel 14:28–29Rank 8 from verse 1
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    28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

    29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

  9. Deuteronomy 7:2–3Rank 9 from verse 1
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    2And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

    3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  10. Jeremiah 4:2Rank 10 from verse 1
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    2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

  11. Judges 11:30–31Rank 11 from verse 1
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    30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

    31Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

  12. Judges 20:10Rank 12 from verse 1
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    10And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

  13. Judges 21:5Rank 13 from verse 1
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    5And 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.

  14. Judges 21:7Rank 14 from verse 1
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    7How 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?

  15. Romans 10:2Rank 15 from verse 1
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    2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

  16. Exodus 34:12–16Rank 16 from verse 1
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    12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

    13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

    14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

    15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

    16And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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Judges 21:1

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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sworn

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Bound, promised, affirmed, testified, or covenanted by a solemn oath; or caused another to enter such an obligation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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21:1NOW the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

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21:2And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

21:3And 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?

21:4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

21:5And 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.

21:6And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

21:7How 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?

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