Judges 21:12 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 21:12

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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 unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To Shiloh - Whither, as the usual place of meeting for the national assembly, the Israelites had moved from Bethel (a distance of about 10 miles), during the expedition of the 12,000 to Jabesh-Gilead.

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22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ	vai.yim.tze.'U	and they found	H4672 →
מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י׀	mi.yo.she.Vei	of [the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
יָבֵ֣ישׁ	ya.Veish	Jabesh	H3003 →
גִּלְעָ֗ד	gil.'Ad	Gilead	H1568 →
אַרְבַּ֤ע	'ar.Ba'	four	H702 →
מֵאוֹת֙	me.'Ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
נַעֲרָ֣ה	na.'a.Rah	young woman	H5291 →
בְתוּלָ֔ה	ve.tu.Lah	virgin[s]	H1330 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָדְעָ֛ה	ya.de.'Ah	she had known	H3045 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	a man	H376 →
לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב	le.mish.Kav	to lying of	H4904 →
זָכָ֑ר	za.Khar	a male	H2145 →
וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ	vai.ya.Vi.'u	and they brought	H935 →
אוֹתָ֤ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the camp	H4264 →
שִׁלֹ֔ה	shi.Loh	Shiloh	H7887 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	[is] in [the] land of	H776 →
כְּנָֽעַן׃ ס	ke.Na.'an	Canaan	H3667 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 78:60
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
leads to
- Joshua 18:1
  Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 7:12
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
leads to
- Jeremiah 26:6
  then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 4:10–11
  So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- Judges 18:31
  So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
- Psalms 78:60–64
  He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Through
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 1:3
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 19:51
  These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance…
Through
Judges 20:18
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
leads to
- Judges 20:26–27
  Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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