Judges Chapter 21 verse 11 Holy Bible
And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
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And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.
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This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."
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And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
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And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
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This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.
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And this `is' the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Ye shall utterly destroy.--The verb is tacharim---i.e., Ye shall place under the ban (cherem), ye shall devote to destruction. The words of the cherem are almost identical with those of the indignant command of Moses after the war with Midian alluded to in the last verse (Numbers 31:17-18), and there the same exception is made. (Comp. Leviticus 27:21-28; Numbers 21:2-3.) The words are easy to read; it is needless to dwell on the horror of the massacre which they describe. We are dealing throughout with the fierce passions of men living in times of gross spiritual darkness; for we cannot doubt that the oath against Jabesh-Gilead was carried out, though the writer drops a veil over all but the result. The vow of destruction (cherem, anathema, Leviticus 27:28-29) was quite different from the vow of devotion (neder) and the vow of abstinence (corban).(11) To dance in dances.--Possibly the dances of the vintage festival. There is a fountain in a narrow dale, at a little distance from Shiloh, which was very probably the scene of this event. It is a needless conjecture that the feast was the Passover, and the dances a commemoration of the defeat of the Egyptians, like those of Miriam. There seems to have been no regular town at Shiloh; at least, no extensive ruins are traceable. It was probably a community like the Beth-Micah (see Note on Judges 18:2), which was mainly connected with the service of the Tabernacle. The "daughters of Shiloh" would naturally include many women who were in one way or other employed in various functions about the Tabernacle, and not only those who came there to worship (1Samuel 2:22, where "assembled" should be rendered served, as in Numbers 4:23; "the handmaid" of the priests is mentioned in 2Samuel 17:17). But the traces of female attendants in the sanctuary are more numerous in Jewish traditions than in Scripture. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThisוְזֶ֥ה (wə·zeh)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatis whatאֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatyou are to do:תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ (ta·‘ă·śū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 6213: To do, makeCompletely destroyתַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃ (ta·ḥă·rî·mū)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the noseeveryכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everymale,זָכָ֗ר (zā·ḵār)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2145: Remembered, a maleas well as everyוְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyfemaleאִשָּׁ֛ה (’iš·šāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femalewho has had relations withיֹדַ֥עַת (yō·ḏa·‘aṯ)Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularStrong's 3045: To knowa man.”זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2145: Remembered, a maleJump to PreviousCurse Destroy Devote Kill Lain Male Relations Safe Sex Utterly Virgin Virgins
