Jeremiah 41:5-7

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⁵ eighty men came to Mizpah bringing ·grain [^Lgift; tribute] offerings [Lev. 2:1] and incense to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria [^Cimportant centers in northern Israel] had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and ·cut [gashed] themselves [^Cmourning rituals]. ⁶ Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, crying as he walked. When he ·met [encountered] them, he said, “Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam.” ⁷ So they went into Mizpah. Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and his men ·killed [slaughtered] seventy of them and threw the bodies into a deep ·well [cistern; pit].