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Title: Judges 21


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Judges 21
  • What do you do about the tribe of Benjamin?

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Judges 211 (NKJV)
  • Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at
    Mizpah, saying, "None of us shall give his
    daughter to Benjamin as a wife."

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Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at
Mizpah,
  • (Judg 201 KJV) Then all the children of Israel
    went out, and the congregation was gathered
    together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba,
    with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
  • This is the account of when they got together to
    decide what to do to Benjamin, but there is no
    oath mentioned in this verse, or the verses that
    follow. We learn of the oath in Judges 21.

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Judg 212 (NKJV)
  • Then the people came to the house of God, and
    remained there before God till evening. They
    lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,

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Then the people came to the house of God, . .
.They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly
  • But what else did they do?
  • Perhaps my biggest question Did they ask for
    Gods guidance?
  • I find no indication that they did, and what
    follows does not all seem good.

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They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
  • Clarke says, Their revenge was satisfied, and
    now reflection brings them to contrition for what
    they had done.

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They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
  • Clarke says, Their revenge was satisfied, and
    now reflection brings them to contrition for what
    they had done.
  • I dont think their actions were revengeI
    think they were seeking justice because Benjamin
    stood behind those who had been guilty of the
    atrocity.

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They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
  • I think they were saddened that the
    Benjamanites were so hard and would not back down
    or deliver the ones who were guilty.

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They lifted up their voices and wept bitterly,
  • I think they were saddened that the
    Benjamanites were so hard and would not back down
    or deliver the ones who were guilty.
  • (Ezek 3311 NKJV) "Say to them 'As I live,'
    says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the
    death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn
    from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil
    ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?'

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They may be weeping over the loss of 58,000 men.
  • (Judg 2021 NKJV) Then the children of Benjamin
    came out of Gibeah, and on that day cut down to
    the ground twenty-two thousand men of the
    Israelites.
  • (Judg 2025 NKJV) And Benjamin went out against
    them from Gibeah on the second day, and cut down
    to the ground eighteen thousand more of the
    children of Israel all these drew the sword.
  • (Judg 2044 NKJV) And eighteen thousand men of
    Benjamin fell all these were men of valor.

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This may also be a reason for their weeping
  • (Judg 213 NKJV) and said, "O LORD God of
    Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that
    today there should be one tribe missing in
    Israel?"

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They Seek God with Sacrifices
  • (Judg 214 NKJV) So it was, on the next morning,
    that the people rose early and built an altar
    there, and offered burnt offerings and peace
    offerings.

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Judges 215 (NKJV)
  • The children of Israel said, "Who is there among
    all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with
    the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a
    great oath concerning anyone who had not come up
    to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely
    be put to death."

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Judges 215 (NKJV)
  • The children of Israel said, "Who is there among
    all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with
    the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a
    great oath concerning anyone who had not come up
    to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely
    be put to death."
  • Is this a rash oath?
  • Is it really justified?
  • Did the people know they were to be there or die?

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Judges 215 (NKJV)
  • I know of no record of these oaths besides the
    statements given in the text we are reading.
    Apparently the reason for the assembly was to
    seek Gods reconciliation after this terrible
    crime and sin of Benjamin.
  • The children of Israel said, "Who is there among
    all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with
    the assembly to the LORD?" For they had made a
    great oath concerning anyone who had not come up
    to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely
    be put to death."

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Judges 216 (NKJV)
  • And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin
    their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off
    from Israel today.

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Judges 216 (NKJV)
  • And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin
    their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off
    from Israel today.
  • Now the question is, What can we do about it?

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Judges 217 (NKJV)
  • "What shall we do for wives for those who remain,
    seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not
    give them our daughters as wives?"

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Judges 217 (NKJV)
  • From this, it appears that they had killed, not
    only the men, but the women and children as well.
  • Again, some commentators feel this was the cause
    of some of the weepingthey may have gone further
    than they needed in the war.
  • "What shall we do for wives for those who remain,
    seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not
    give them our daughters as wives?"

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Judges 218 (NKJV)
  • And they said, "What one is there from the tribes
    of Israel who did not come up to Mizpah to the
    LORD?" And, in fact, no one had come to the camp
    from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.

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Judg 219 (NKJV)
  • For when the people were counted, indeed, not one
    of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.

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Judges 2110 (NKJV)
  • So the congregation sent out there twelve
    thousand of their most valiant men, and commanded
    them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of
    Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword,
    including the women and children.

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Judges 2111 (NKJV)
  • "And this is the thing that you shall do You
    shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman
    who has known a man intimately."

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Judges 2111 (NKJV)
  • "And this is the thing that you shall do You
    shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman
    who has known a man intimately."
  • There are more questions than answers. It seems
    that all of this started as a campaign to demand
    justice for the wrongs of Benjamin. How are
    these people involved? They failed to support
    the Children of Israel.

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Judges 2112 (NKJV)
  • So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh
    Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not
    known a man intimately and they brought them to
    the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of
    Canaan.

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Judges 2113 (NKJV)
  • Then the whole congregation sent word to the
    children of Benjamin who were at the rock of
    Rimmon, and announced peace to them.

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So What is the Plan?
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So What is the Plan?
  • Do they wipe out the people of Jabesh Gilead so
    their young virgins can be given to the men of
    Benjamin?

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So What is the Plan?
  • Do they wipe out the people of Jabesh Gilead so
    their young virgins can be given to the men of
    Benjamin?
  • Why were the people of Jabesh Gilead destroyed?
    Wasnt it because they had not helped them
    destroy the people of Benjamin?

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So What is the Plan?
  • Do they wipe out the people of Jabesh Gilead so
    their young virgins can be given to the men of
    Benjamin?
  • Why were the people of Jabesh Gilead destroyed?
    Wasnt it because they had not helped them
    destroy the people of Benjamin?
  • Am I confused, or are they?

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Judges 2114 (NKJV)
  • So Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave
    them the women whom they had saved alive of the
    women of Jabesh Gilead and yet they had not
    found enough for them.

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yet they had not found enough for them.
  • (Judg 2047 NKJV) "But six hundred men turned
    and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of
    Rimmon,
  • (Judges 2112) So they found among the
    inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young
    virgins who had not known a man intimately

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Judges 2115 (NKJV)
  • And the people grieved for Benjamin, because the
    LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.

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Judges 2116 (NKJV)
  • Then the elders of the congregation said, "What
    shall we do for wives for those who remain, since
    the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?
  • Harleys note (600 400 200)

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Judges 2117 (NKJV)
  • And they said, "There must be an inheritance for
    the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe may not
    be destroyed from Israel.

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Judges 2118 (NKJV)
  • "However, we cannot give them wives from our
    daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn
    an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the one who gives a
    wife to Benjamin.'"

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Judges 2119 (NKJV)
  • Then they said, "In fact, there is a yearly feast
    of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel,
    on the east side of the highway that goes up from
    Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."

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Judges 2119 (NKJV)
  • Then they said, "In fact, there is a yearly feast
    of the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel,
    on the east side of the highway that goes up from
    Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah."

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Judges 2120 (NKJV)
  • Therefore they instructed the children of
    Benjamin, saying, "Go, lie in wait in the
    vineyards,

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Judges 2120 (NKJV)
  • Therefore they instructed the children of
    Benjamin, saying, "Go, lie in wait in the
    vineyards,
  • Is there any indication that they asked for Gods
    advice and His will in the matter?

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Judges 2121 (NKJV)
  • "and watch and just when the daughters of Shiloh
    come out to perform their dances, then come out
    from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife
    for himself from the daughters of Shiloh then go
    to the land of Benjamin.

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Judges 2122 (NKJV)
  • "Then it shall be, when their fathers or their
    brothers come to us to complain, that we will say
    to them, 'Be kind to them for our sakes, because
    we did not take a wife for any of them in the
    war for it is not as though you have given the
    women to them at this time, making yourselves
    guilty of your oath.'"

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Judges 2123 (NKJV)
  • And the children of Benjamin did so they took
    enough wives for their number from those who
    danced, whom they caught. Then they went and
    returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt
    the cities and dwelt in them.

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Judges 2124 (NKJV)
  • So the children of Israel departed from there at
    that time, every man to his tribe and family
    they went out from there, every man to his
    inheritance.

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Judges 2125 (NKJV)
  • In those days there was no king in Israel
    everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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Backing upThey started out Right
  • (Judg 2018 NKJV) Then the children of Israel
    arose and went up to the house of God to inquire
    of God. They said, "Which of us shall go up first
    to battle against the children of Benjamin?" The
    LORD said, "Judah first!"

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Did they lose their way?
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Did they lose their way?
  • Judges 2125 (NKJV) In those days there was no
    king in Israel everyone did what was right in
    his own eyes.

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Did they lose their way?
  • Judges 2125 (NKJV) In those days there was no
    king in Israel everyone did what was right in
    his own eyes.
  • There was no king, but there was God.

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Did they lose their way?
  • Judges 2125 (NKJV) In those days there was no
    king in Israel everyone did what was right in
    his own eyes.
  • There was no king, but there was God.
  • Sometimes they sought His advice, but at other
    times we have no record that they did.

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Did they lose their way?
  • Judges 2125 (NKJV) In those days there was no
    king in Israel everyone did what was right in
    his own eyes.
  • There was no king, but there was God.
  • Sometimes they sought His advice, but at other
    times we have no record that they did.
  • A lot of people suffered, a lot died!

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Did they lose their way?
  • Judges 2125 (NKJV) In those days there was no
    king in Israel everyone did what was right in
    his own eyes.
  • There was no king, but there was God.
  • Sometimes they sought His advice, but at other
    times we have no record that they did.
  • A lot of people suffered, a lot died!
  • Was it all Gods will?

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In the Building Business . . .
  • We have a statement
  • Measure twice, cut once.

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In the Christian Life. . .
  • We should say
  • Pray fervently. Then act!

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  • For the book of Judges we say

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  • The
  • End
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