Judges 21:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Early the next morning the people built an altar there and sacrificed burnt offerings and offered peace offerings. ⁵ The Israelites said, “Who from all of the tribes did not come up to the assembly of all of the tribes of Israel before the Lord?” (They had made a solemn oath that anyone who did not come before the Lord at Mizpah was to be put to death.) ⁶ The Israelites grieved for Benjamin, their brother. They said, “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel.