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The Israelites went to the city of Bethel. There they sat before God until evening. They cried loudly as they sat there. They said to God, “Lord, you are the God of the Israelites. Why has this terrible thing happened to us? Why has one tribe of the Israelites been taken away?”

Early the next day, the Israelites built an altar. They put burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God on that altar.

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The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(A) from Israel today?”

Early the next day the people built an altar and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God