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What does Judges 21:4 mean?
"On the next day, the people rose early, and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings."
— Judges 21:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
They said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
On the next day, the people rose early, and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to Yahweh?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today.
How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
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