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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Judges 21:1 Catholic Bible: When the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, they had made a solemn promise to the LORD: "None of us will allow a Benjaminite to marry a daughter of ours." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/judges/21-1.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/judges/21-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/judges/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/1.htm">Judges</a> > <a href="/gntd/judges/21.htm">Chapter 21</a> > Verse 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/20-48.htm" title="Judges 20:48">◄</a> Judges 21:1 <a href="../judges/21-2.htm" title="Judges 21:2">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/judges/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, they had made a solemn promise to the LORD: "None of us will allow a Benjaminite to marry a daughter of ours." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/judges/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/judges/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the Israelites had met at Mizpah before the war with Benjamin, they had made this sacred promise: "None of us will ever let our daughters marry any man from Benjamin." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The men of Israel took an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter in marriage to anyone from Benjamin.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/judges/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.</p><p class="hdg">had sword</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1,8,10</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and gathered together as one man, from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/4-2.htm">Jeremiah 4:2</a> And thou shalt swear: As the Lord liveth, in truth, and in judgment, and in justice: and the Gentiles shall bless him, and shall praise him.</p><p class="hdg">There</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/21-5.htm">Judges 21:5</a> Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/11-30.htm">Judges 11:30,31</a> He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-24.htm">1 Samuel 14:24,28,29</a> And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ecclesiastes/5-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:2</a> Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../mark/6-23.htm">Mark 6:23</a> And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12</a> And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/10-2.htm">Romans 10:2</a> For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.</p><p class="hdg">his daughter</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/34-12.htm">Exodus 34:12-16</a> Beware thou never join in friendship with the inhabitants of that land, which may be thy ruin: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2,3</a> And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them: . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/judges/21.htm">Wives for the Benjamites</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl">Now the children of Israel had also sworn in Maspha, saying: None of us shall give of his daughters to the children of Benjamin to wife.</span><span class="reftext">2</span>And they all came to the house of God in Silo, and sitting before him till the evening, lifted up their voices, and began to lament and weep, saying:…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/20-48.htm">Judges 20:48</a></span><br />But the children of Israel returning, put all the remains of the city to the sword, both men and beasts, and all the cities and villages of Benjamin were consumed with devouring flames.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/21-7.htm">Judges 21:7</a></span><br />Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/21-18.htm">Judges 21:18</a></span><br />For as to our own daughters we cannot give them, being bound with an oath and a curse, whereby we said: Cursed be he that shall give Benjamin any of his daughters to wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/21-22.htm">Judges 21:22</a></span><br />And when their fathers and their brethren shall come, and shall begin to complain against you, and to chide, we will say to them: Have pity on them: for they took them not away as by the right of war or conquest, but when they asked to have them, you gave them not, and the fault was committed on your part.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/40-6.htm">Jeremiah 40:6</a></span><br />And Jeremiah went to Godolias the son of Ahicam to Masphath: and dwelt with him in the midst of the people that were left in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/20-48.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/judges/20-46.htm">Benjamite</a> <a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/judges/20-48.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/12-9.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/judges/20-3.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/judges/17-2.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/judges/2-15.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/judges/15-6.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/judges/21-17.htm">Benjamite</a> <a href="/ruth/1-22.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/judges/21-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/21-7.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/judges/21-5.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/judges/21-7.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/judges/21-18.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/judges/21-1.htm">Judges 21:1 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: a an at Benjamin Benjamite daughter give had his in Israel marriage men Mizpah None Not Now oath of one saying shall sworn taken The to us will<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/judges/21-1.htm">OT History: Judges 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn (Jd Judg. 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