Judges 21:18 BSB — MannaFest

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16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ	va.'a.Nach.nu	and we	H587 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נוּכַ֛ל	nu.Khal	we are able	H3201 →
לָתֵת־	la.tet-	to give	H5414 →
לָהֶ֥ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
נָשִׁ֖ים	na.Shim	wives	H802 →
מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ	mi.be.no.Tei.nu	any of daughters our	H1323 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ	nish.be.'U	they had sworn	H7650 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
אָר֕וּר	'a.Rur	[be] cursed	H779 →
נֹתֵ֥ן	no.Ten	[one who] gives	H5414 →
אִשָּׁ֖ה	'i.Shah	a wife	H802 →
לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ ס	le.vin.ya.Min	to Benjamin	H1144 →

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Judges 21:1
Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
leads to
- Judges 20:1
  Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- Acts 23:12
  When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
  Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your…
- Mark 6:23
  And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
- Judges 20:8
  Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
Through
Judges 11:35
As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given…
leads to
- Genesis 42:36–38
  Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Matthew 14:7–9
  so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
- Genesis 37:34–35
  Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Judges 21:1Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”Judges 21:22When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”Judges 11:35As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”Judges 21:7What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”Judges 21:5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.Matthew 26:74At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.Leviticus 5:4Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.Leviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

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