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They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/41.htm">English Standard Version</a> eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/41.htm">King James Bible</a> That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/41.htm">New King James Version</a> that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off, their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/41.htm">NASB 1995</a> that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a> that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and frankincense in their hands to bring to the house of Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a> that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies cut, carrying in their hands grain offerings and incense to present at the [site of the] house of the LORD [in Jerusalem]. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the LORD. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/41.htm">American Standard Version</a> that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> when 80 men came down the road toward Mizpah from the towns of Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They were on their way to the temple to offer gifts of grain and incense to the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, because they were mourning. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/41.htm">English Revised Version</a> that there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with oblations and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 80 men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to the LORD's temple. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/41.htm">Good News Translation</a> eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/41.htm">International Standard Version</a> eighty men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria came with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies slashed. They had grain offerings and incense with them to present at the LORD's Temple. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD. <a href="/net/jeremiah/41.htm">NET Bible</a> eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> That there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/web/jeremiah/41.htm">World English Bible</a> men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to Yahweh’s house. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> that men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria—eighty men—with shaven beards, and torn garments, and cutting themselves, and [with] an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> that men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria -- eighty men -- with shaven beards, and rent garments, and cutting themselves, and an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring in to the house of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And men will come from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Shomeron, eighty men, shaving the beard, and their garments rent, and cutting themselves, and a gift and frankincense in their hand, to bring to the house of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> There came some from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and mourning: and they had offerings and incense in their hand, to offer in the house of the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> men arrived from Shechem, and from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their garments rent, and unbathed. And they had gifts and frankincense in hand, so that they might make an offering in the house of the Lord. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/41.htm">New American Bible</a> eighty men, in ragged clothes, with beards shaved off and gashes on their bodies, came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense for the house of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> That there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, agitated, having their beards shaven and their clothes torn, carrying offerings and incense to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Men from Shekeem came, and from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men whose beards were shaven off, and their clothes Egyptian and dirty, and offerings and frankincense in their hands to bring to the house of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> that there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring them to the house of the LORD. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> that there came men from Sychem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and beating their breasts, and they had manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring them into the house of the Lord. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=12626" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/41.htm">The Assassination of Gedaliah</a> …4On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it, 5<a href="/hebrew/8084.htm" title="8084: šə·mō·nîm (Number-cp) -- An eighty. Or shmowniym; mult. From shmoneh; eighty, also eightieth.">eighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/1548.htm" title="1548: mə·ḡul·lə·ḥê (V-Pual-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To be bald, shave, shave off. A primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. to shave; figuratively to lay waste.">who had shaved off</a> <a href="/hebrew/2206.htm" title="2206: zā·qān (N-cs) -- Beard, chin. From zaqen; the beard.">their beards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7167.htm" title="7167: ū·qə·ru·‘ê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc) -- To tear. A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively.">torn</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">their garments,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1413.htm" title="1413: ū·miṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏîm (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-mp) -- To penetrate, cut. A primitive root; to crowd; also to gash.">and cut themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: miš·šə·ḵem (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">from Shechem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: miš·ši·lōw (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">Shiloh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: ū·miš·šō·mə·rō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">and Samaria,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lə·hā·ḇî (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">carrying</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: ū·min·ḥāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">grain offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3828.htm" title="3828: ū·lə·ḇō·w·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Frankincense. Or lbonah; from laban; frankincense.">and frankincense</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">for the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> 6And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/25-23.htm">2 Kings 25:23-25</a> When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men. / And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.” / In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. <a href="/jeremiah/40-8.htm">Jeremiah 40:8-9</a> they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men. / Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you. <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-3</a> Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. <a href="/zechariah/7-3.htm">Zechariah 7:3</a> by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?” <a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3</a> Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-9.htm">2 Chronicles 34:9</a> So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem. <a href="/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4</a> These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hosea 9:4</a> They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD. <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a> On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. <a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a> Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ... <a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27-28</a> So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship, / and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. <a href="/luke/2-41.htm">Luke 2:41-42</a> Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. / And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast. <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a> When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/john/2-13.htm">John 2:13-16</a> When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. / In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ... <a href="/acts/24-11.htm">Acts 24:11</a> You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.came.<a href="/2_kings/10-13.htm">2 Kings 10:13,14</a> Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen… Shechem.<a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18</a> And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.<a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2</a> And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.<a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joshua 24:32</a> And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.Shiloh.<a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Jeremiah 7:12,14</a> But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel… <a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a> And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Samaria.<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24,29</a> And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria… their beards.<a href="/leviticus/19-27.htm">Leviticus 19:27,28</a> Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard… <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a> Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.<a href="/2_samuel/10-4.htm">2 Samuel 10:4</a> Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.to the.<a href="/1_samuel/1-7.htm">1 Samuel 1:7</a> And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.<a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9</a> And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.<a href="/psalms/102-14.htm">Psalm 102:14</a> For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">Beards</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Fourscore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/40-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-29.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Meal-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-18.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-24.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-5.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Shaved</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Shaven</a> <a href="/psalms/108-7.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Torn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/21-5.htm">Beards</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-33.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-7.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Eighty</a> <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Fourscore</a> <a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Frankincense</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-3.htm">Incense</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-16.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-17.htm">Meal-Offerings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-17.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-46.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Shaved</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm">Shaven</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-10.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-15.htm">Torn</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 41</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/41-1.htm">Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, </a> 7. <a href="/jeremiah/41-7.htm">purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites.</a> 11. <a href="/jeremiah/41-11.htm">Johanan rescues the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of cutting oneself, however, was generally prohibited in Israelite law (<a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Leviticus 19:28</a>), suggesting these men might have been influenced by surrounding pagan practices or were in extreme distress. The number eighty may symbolize completeness or a significant group, though not necessarily a literal count.came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria These locations are significant in Israel's history. Shechem was an ancient city of refuge and a place of covenant renewal (<a href="/joshua/24.htm">Joshua 24:1-25</a>). Shiloh was the early religious center where the tabernacle was located before the temple was built in Jerusalem (<a href="/1_samuel/1-3.htm">1 Samuel 1:3</a>). Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, often represented apostasy and idolatry (<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24</a>). The mention of these places suggests a gathering of Israelites from regions with deep historical and religious significance, possibly indicating a remnant of faithful worshippers.carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD Grain offerings were part of the Levitical sacrificial system, symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving to God (<a href="/leviticus/2.htm">Leviticus 2:1-16</a>). Frankincense, a costly and fragrant resin, was used in the temple for incense offerings (<a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">Exodus 30:34-38</a>). The mention of these offerings indicates an intention to worship and honor God, despite the destruction of the temple. This act of bringing offerings to the house of the LORD, even in its absence, reflects a continued devotion and hope for restoration. The use of frankincense also foreshadows its later association with the worship of Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/2-11.htm">Matthew 2:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/eighty_men.htm">Eighty Men</a> These men were pilgrims coming to worship at the temple, demonstrating their devotion despite the political turmoil. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shechem,_shiloh,_and_samaria.htm">Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria</a> These are significant locations in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, each with historical and religious importance. Shechem was a city of refuge and a place of covenant renewal. Shiloh was the early religious center where the tabernacle was located. Samaria was the capital of the Northern Kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/b/beards_shaved,_clothes_torn,_bodies_gashed.htm">Beards Shaved, Clothes Torn, Bodies Gashed</a> These are signs of mourning and penitence, indicating the men's grief and humility before God. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grain_offerings_and_incense.htm">Grain Offerings and Incense</a> These offerings were part of the worship practices in the temple, symbolizing dedication and prayer to God. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/expressions_of_mourning_and_repentance.htm">Expressions of Mourning and Repentance</a> The physical expressions of mourning by the men (shaved beards, torn clothes, gashed bodies) remind us of the importance of genuine repentance and humility before God. Our outward actions should reflect our inner contrition and desire for reconciliation with God. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_amidst_turmoil.htm">Faithfulness Amidst Turmoil</a> Despite the political instability and danger, these men remained committed to worshiping God. This challenges us to remain faithful in our spiritual practices, even when circumstances are difficult. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_worship.htm">The Significance of Worship</a> Bringing grain offerings and incense to the temple signifies the importance of worship and dedication to God. We are encouraged to prioritize our relationship with God through regular worship and offerings of our time, talents, and resources. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a> The men came from different locations, yet they united in their purpose to worship. This highlights the importance of community in our spiritual journey and the strength found in collective worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 41</a> <a href="/q/jacob's_prophecies_in_the_bible.htm">What are Jacob's prophecies in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/history_of_israel_and_judah.htm">What is the history of Israel and Judah?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_babylonian_response_in_jer._41_4-10.htm">Why does the biblical text not describe any Babylonians intervening or retaliating, given their regional power at the time? (Jeremiah 41:4-10)</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_tribe_of_ephraim.htm">What is the Tribe of Ephraim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) There came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria.--The LXX. gives Salem instead of Shiloh, and this agrees better with the order of the names, Salem being a tower or fortress near Shechem (<a href="/genesis/33-18.htm" title="And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.">Genesis 33:18</a>), while Shiloh lay further off. The eighty travellers were coming apparently on a pilgrimage of mourning to the ruins of the Temple, perhaps to keep the Feast of Tabernacles in the hope of finding at least an altar there on which they might present their oblations. Mizpah lay directly on their road from all three places. It is significant that they bring with them not burnt offerings but the mincha, or meat offering, the cakes of flour with incense. The outward signs of mourning were, perhaps, connected either with the approaching Day of Atonement, which fell in the seventh month; or with some special fast day belonging to the same season (<a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm" title="Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to me, even to me?">Zechariah 7:5</a>); or in token of their sorrow for the destruction of the Temple. In the signs themselves we note a relapse into a half-heathen custom which the Law had forbidden (<a href="/leviticus/19-27.htm" title="You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.">Leviticus 19:27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm" title="You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm" title="For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.">Jeremiah 48:37</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - There came certain from Shechem, etc. A number of pious pilgrims, descend. ants of the old ten tribes, passed by on their way to the holy site of the temple at Jerusalem (?) (comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-9.htm">2 Chronicles 34:9</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/30-11.htm">2 Chronicles 30:11</a>). From Shiloh. The Vatican Codex of the Septuagint has a plausible reading, "from Salem," which is apparently supported by <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18</a>, "And Jacob cares to Shalem, a city of Shechem," and by its improvement thus introduced into the geographical order (Shiloh is, in fact, nearer to Mizpah than Shechem, and ought to be mentioned first). But though there is now a village called Salim, to the east of Nablus (Shechem), we have no sufficient ground for assuming a city of that name in the Old Testament, The rendering of Genesis, i.e. needs correction ("came in peace to the city," etc.) Their beards shaven, etc. They had, then, all the outward signs of mourning (for the public calamities); comp, <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Jeremiah 16:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/48-37.htm">Jeremiah 48:37</a>. To bring them to the house of the Lord. Yet the temple at Jerusalem was destroyed. Hence Thenius and Gratz have conjectured that Gedaliah had erected a provisional temple at Mizpah, which was already hallowed by its association with the Prophet Samuel. This is confirmed by 1 Macc. 3:46, where it is said of the pious Jews in the Maccabean rising, that they "assembled themselves... and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel." <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>eighty שְׁמֹנִ֣ים (šə·mō·nîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8084.htm">Strong's 8084: </a> Eighty, eightieth men אֲ֠נָשִׁים (’ă·nā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person who had shaved off מְגֻלְּחֵ֥י (mə·ḡul·lə·ḥê) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1548.htm">Strong's 1548: </a> To be bald, to shave, to lay waste their beards, זָקָ֛ן (zā·qān) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2206.htm">Strong's 2206: </a> Beard, chin torn וּקְרֻעֵ֥י (ū·qə·ru·‘ê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7167.htm">Strong's 7167: </a> To rend their garments, בְגָדִ֖ים (ḇə·ḡā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage and cut themselves וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים (ū·miṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1413.htm">Strong's 1413: </a> To crowd, to gash came וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go from Shechem, מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם (miš·šə·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor Shiloh, מִשִּׁל֤וֹ (miš·ši·lōw) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim and Samaria, וּמִשֹּֽׁמְרוֹן֙ (ū·miš·šō·mə·rō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel carrying בְּיָדָ֔ם (bə·yā·ḏām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand grain offerings וּמִנְחָ֤ה (ū·min·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering and incense וּלְבוֹנָה֙ (ū·lə·ḇō·w·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3828.htm">Strong's 3828: </a> Frankincense to bring לְהָבִ֖יא (lə·hā·ḇî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the temple בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Jeremiah 41:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 41:5 That there came men from Shechem (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/41-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 41:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 41:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/41-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 41:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 41:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>