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Judges 21:23-25
New English Translation
Judges 21:23-25
New English Translation
23 The Benjaminites did as instructed.[a] They abducted 200 of the dancing girls to be their wives.[b] They went home[c] to their own territory,[d] rebuilt their cities, and settled down.[e] 24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property.[f] 25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.[g]
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- Judges 21:23 tn Heb “did so.”
- Judges 21:23 tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”
- Judges 21:23 tn Heb “went and returned.”
- Judges 21:23 tn Heb “inheritance.”
- Judges 21:23 tn Heb “and lived in them.”
- Judges 21:24 tn Heb “his inheritance.”
- Judges 21:25 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.
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