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When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

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And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְֽאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

אֵ֧ת 'et “<obj.>”וְֽאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אוֹתָ֖ם (אוֹתָ֖) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

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(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

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And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

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And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

אוֹתָ֥ם (אוֹתָ֥) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

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And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.

וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אוֹתִ֖י (אוֹתִ֖) 'o.T “<obj.>”

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take o

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So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

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See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.

אוֹתָם֙ (אוֹתָ) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אוֹתָ֔ם (אוֹתָ֔) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

א֠וֹתָהּ (א֠וֹתָ) 'o.ta “<obj.>”

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And the townsmen of Gibeah came together against me, going round the house on all sides by night; it was their purpose to put me to death, and my servant-wife was violently used by them and is dead.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אוֹתִי֙ (אוֹתִ) 'o.T “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

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Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

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And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

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So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

אוֹת֖וֹ (אוֹת֖) 'o.T “<obj.>”

And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.

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Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

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So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

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So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

אוֹתָ֜ם (אוֹתָ֜) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

אוֹתָ֤ם (אוֹתָ֤) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

And they said to the men of Benjamin, Go into the vine-gardens, waiting there secretly,

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