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and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb_/judges/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man by sleeping with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb/judges/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nasb77/judges/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/lsb/judges/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/amp/judges/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man intimately; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/csb/judges/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not been intimate with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. <a href="/hcsb/judges/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young women, who had not had sexual relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. <a href="/asv/judges/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/judges/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The warriors attacked Jabesh in Gilead, and returned to their camp at Shiloh in Canaan with 400 young women. <a href="/erv/judges/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/judges/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Among the people of Jabesh Gilead they found 400 unmarried women who had never gone to bed with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan. <a href="/gnt/judges/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> They found four hundred young virgins among the people in Jabesh, so they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/isv/judges/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> They discovered among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who hadn't had sex with a man, and they brought them to the encampment at Shiloh in the territory of Canaan. <a href="/msb/judges/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. <a href="/net/judges/21.htm">NET Bible</a> They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins--they had never had sexual relations with a male. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nheb/judges/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/wbt/judges/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/web/judges/21.htm">World English Bible</a> They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they find four hundred young women, virgins, out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them to the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan. <a href="/ylt/judges/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/judges/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will find of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred girls, virgins, who knew not man by the bed of a male: and they will bring them to the camp of Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And there were found of Jabes Galaad four hundred virgins, that had not known the bed of a man, and they brought them to the camp Silo, into the land of Chanaan. <a href="/cpdv/judges/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And four hundred virgins, who had not known the bed of a man, were found from Jabesh-Gilead. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nabre/judges/21.htm">New American Bible</a> Finding among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgin women, who had not had relations with a man, they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man and brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that had known no man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. <a href="/hpbt/judges/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they found of the inhabitants of Yabish of Gelad four hundred girls, virgins with whom a man had no sexual relations, and they brought them to the encampment to Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/judges/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan. <a href="/parallel/judges/21-12.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/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=6516" 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/judges/21.htm">Wives for the Benjamites</a> …11This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.” 12<a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: way·yim·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To attain to, find. ">So they found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: mî·yō·wō·šə·ḇê (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">among the inhabitants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3003.htm" title="3003: yā·ḇêš (N-proper-fs) -- A place in Gilead, also an Isr. The same as yabesh; Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine.">of Jabesh-gilead</a> <a href="/hebrew/1568.htm" title="1568: gil·‘āḏ (N-proper-fs) -- Probably from Gal'ed; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites."></a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">four</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">hundred</a> <a href="/hebrew/5291.htm" title="5291: na·‘ă·rāh (N-fs) -- A girl, maiden. Feminine of na'ar; a girl.">young</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: ḇə·ṯū·lāh (N-fs) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">women</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">had relations with</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/4904.htm" title="4904: lə·miš·kaḇ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Place of lying, a couch, act of lying. From shakab; a bed; abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">a man,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and they brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: ham·ma·ḥă·neh (Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7887.htm" title="7887: ši·lōh (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Ephraim. Or Shiloh; or Shiylow; or Shilow; from the same as Shiyloh; Shiloh, a place in Palestine.">at Shiloh</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·nā·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan.</a> 13Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.…<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="/deuteronomy/21-10.htm">Deuteronomy 21:10-14</a> When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive, / if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife, / then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails, ... <a href="/numbers/31-18.htm">Numbers 31:18</a> but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. <a href="/1_samuel/30-2.htm">1 Samuel 30:2</a> They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way. <a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Genesis 34:29</a> They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses. <a href="/joshua/9-15.htm">Joshua 9:15</a> And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. <a href="/1_samuel/25-42.htm">1 Samuel 25:42</a> So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-8.htm">2 Chronicles 28:8-15</a> Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria. / But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. / And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God? ... <a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm">2 Samuel 12:31</a> David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem. <a href="/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2</a> At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. <a href="/2_kings/24-16.htm">2 Kings 24:16</a> The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle. <a href="/matthew/1-18.htm">Matthew 1:18-25</a> This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. / Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly. / But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ... <a href="/luke/1-26.htm">Luke 1:26-38</a> In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, / to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. / The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” ... <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a> Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36-38</a> However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better. <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a> So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.virgins [heb] women, virgins <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18,23</a> And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first… <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.<a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60</a> So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/21-8.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/judges/20-47.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Jabesh</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Jabeshgilead</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Jabesh-Gilead</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Ja'besh-Gil'ead</a> <a href="/judges/19-27.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/judges/21-11.htm">Male</a> <a href="/judges/21-11.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/judges/21-11.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/judges/18-31.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/judges/16-14.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/judges/18-12.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/judges/21-11.htm">Virgins</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Women</a> <a href="/judges/19-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/1_samuel/11-8.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/ruth/4-4.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Jabesh</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Jabeshgilead</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Jabesh-Gilead</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Ja'besh-Gil'ead</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">Lying</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">Male</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-19.htm">Relations</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Shiloh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-6.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm">Virgins</a> <a href="/judges/21-14.htm">Women</a> <a href="/ruth/2-5.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 21</div>1. <a href="/judges/21-1.htm">The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin</a> 8. <a href="/judges/21-8.htm">By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they provide them four hundred wives.</a> 16. <a href="/judges/21-16.htm">They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead Jabesh-gilead was a city located east of the Jordan River in the territory of Gilead. It was part of the tribe of Manasseh's inheritance. The city had failed to send representatives to the assembly at Mizpah, which led to the decision to punish them. This reflects the tribal disunity and moral chaos during the period of the Judges, where "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>). The city later becomes significant in the story of King Saul, who rescues it from the Ammonites (1 Samuel 11).four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man The emphasis on the women being virgins is significant in the context of ancient Israelite culture, where virginity was highly valued, especially in the context of marriage. This detail also underscores the tragic nature of the events, as these women were taken from their homes to become wives for the Benjaminites, highlighting the desperate measures taken to preserve the tribe of Benjamin after the civil war.and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh Shiloh was an important religious center during this time, housing the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant. It was located in the hill country of Ephraim. Bringing the women to Shiloh may indicate an attempt to legitimize the actions taken by seeking divine approval or blessing, as Shiloh was a place where people sought God's guidance.in the land of Canaan The reference to Canaan situates the narrative within the broader context of the Israelite conquest and settlement of the Promised Land. It serves as a reminder of the incomplete conquest and the ongoing struggles with the Canaanite culture and practices, which often led the Israelites away from their covenant with God. The land of Canaan is also a type of the spiritual inheritance promised to believers, symbolizing the rest and blessings found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jabesh-gilead.htm">Jabesh-gilead</a> A city in the territory of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. It was known for its later connection to King Saul. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a> An ancient city in the land of Canaan, significant as a religious center where the Tabernacle was located before the temple was built in Jerusalem. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_benjamites.htm">The Benjamites</a> The tribe of Benjamin, which faced near extinction due to a civil war with the other Israelite tribes. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The collective tribes of Israel who sought to provide wives for the surviving Benjamites after the civil war. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_young_virgins.htm">The Young Virgins</a> Four hundred young women from Jabesh-gilead who were taken to be wives for the Benjamites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin_and_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Sin and Disobedience</a> The events in <a href="/bsb/judges/21.htm">Judges 21</a> highlight the severe consequences of Israel's disobedience and moral decline, leading to civil war and the near extinction of a tribe. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_mercy.htm">God's Sovereignty and Mercy</a> Despite the chaos and sinfulness of the situation, God's sovereignty is evident as He preserves the tribe of Benjamin, showing His mercy and faithfulness to His covenant people. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_and_reconciliation.htm">The Importance of Community and Reconciliation</a> The Israelites' efforts to restore the tribe of Benjamin underscore the importance of community and reconciliation within the body of believers. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_women_in_biblical_narratives.htm">The Role of Women in Biblical Narratives</a> The young virgins from Jabesh-gilead remind us of the often difficult and complex roles women played in biblical history, prompting us to consider their dignity and value. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_godly_leadership.htm">The Need for Godly Leadership</a> The absence of strong, godly leadership in Israel during this time led to moral chaos, highlighting the need for leaders who seek God's guidance and wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 21</a> <a href="/q/how_did_early_israelites_offer_firstfruits.htm">How did early Israelites fulfill the centralized requirement of bringing firstfruits (Deuteronomy 26) before a formal temple or priesthood was consistently established?</a> <a href="/q/why_didn't_israelites_seek_peace_in_judges_21.htm">If the Israelites regretted their extreme oath, why didn't they seek a different resolution instead of resorting to further bloodshed (Judges 21)?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_jabesh-gilead's_slaughter.htm">What archaeological evidence, if any, supports the slaughter of Jabesh-gilead described in this chapter (Judges 21:8-12)?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_tola,_jair,_ibzan,_elon,_abdon.htm">Who were Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) They brought them.--It can hardly be doubted that the "them" means the young virgins, although the pronoun is masculine (otham), as in <a href="/judges/21-22.htm" title="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.">Judges 21:22</a>. If so, the idiom is like the Greek one in which a woman speaking of herself in the plural uses the masculine (Brief Greek Syntax, p. 61). There is no other trace of this idiom in Hebrew, but we can hardly suppose that many Jabesh-Gileadite captives were brought to Shiloh, and then put to death in cold blood in accordance with the ban.Unto the camp to Shiloh.--The Israelites, now that the war with Benjamin was over, appear to have moved their stationary camp to Shiloh, the normal and more central seat of the tabernacle at this period (<a href="/judges/18-31.htm" title="And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.">Judges 18:31</a>).Which is in the land of Canaan.--We find the same addition in <a href="/joshua/21-2.htm" title="And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.">Joshua 21:2</a>; <a href="/joshua/22-9.htm" title="And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.">Joshua 22:9</a>. Perhaps there was another Shiloh on the east of the Jordan; but see Note on <a href="/judges/21-19.htm" title="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.">Judges 21:19</a>. The mere fact of Jabesh being in Gilead does not seem sufficient to account for it. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - To Shiloh, whither it should seem they had now taken the tabernacle back, the war with Benjamin no longer requiring its presence at Bethel Them. It is masculine in the Hebrew, though it refers to the women. So again in ver. 22, their fathers and their brothers in the masculine (see above, <a href="/judges/19-23.htm">Judges 19:23</a>, and vers. 21, 22). It is perhaps an archaism. In the land of Canaan. This is inserted to contrast it with Jabesh in Gilead (<a href="/genesis/33-17.htm">Genesis 33:17, 18</a>, and ch. 8:5, note). <a href="/commentaries/judges/21-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So they found וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present among the inhabitants מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀ (mî·yō·wō·šə·ḇê) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of Jabesh-gilead יָבֵ֣ישׁ (yā·ḇêš) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3003.htm">Strong's 3003: </a> Jabesh -- a place in Gilead, also an Israelite four אַרְבַּ֤ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> Four hundred מֵאוֹת֙ (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred young נַעֲרָ֣ה (na·‘ă·rāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5291.htm">Strong's 5291: </a> A girl, maiden women בְתוּלָ֔ה (ḇə·ṯū·lāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> A virgin, sometimes, a bride who אֲשֶׁ֧ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no had relations with יָדְעָ֛ה (yā·ḏə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know a man, זָכָ֑ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> Remembered, a male and they brought וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ (way·yā·ḇî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go them to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the camp הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ (ham·ma·ḥă·neh) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army at Shiloh שִׁלֹ֔ה (ši·lōh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7887.htm">Strong's 7887: </a> Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim in the land בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Canaan. כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kə·nā·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/21-12.htm">OT History: Judges 21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh (Jd Judg. 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