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Judges 21:2
The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
Judges 21:2 · World English Bible
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Judges 21:2 in other translations
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
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In context
1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
2 The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
3 They said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?”
4 On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
5 The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
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