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And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in fighting order against Gibeah as before.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּפָֽעַם׃ (בְּ) be. “on”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, moving away from the town; and as before, at their first attack, they put to death about thirty men of Israel on the highways, of which one goes up to Beth-el and the other to Gibeah, and in the o

בְּפַ֗עַם (בְּ) be. “on”בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת֙ (בַּֽ) ba “in the”בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.

כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָ) va. “at the”

So all the men of Israel got up and put themselves in fighting order at Baal-tamar: and those who had been waiting secretly to make a surprise attack came rushing out of their place on the west of Geba.

בְּבַ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “at”

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.

בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ (בְּ) be. “among”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּאִֽישׁ־ (בְּ) be. “among”

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.

בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.

בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת (בַּֽ) ba “in the”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months.

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “at”

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “in <the>”

Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin.

בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

בַקָּהָ֛ל (בַ) va. “in the”

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

בַֽיהוָ֔ה (בַֽ) ba. “by”

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.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “[were] at”

Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And the people were moved with pity for Benjamin, because the Lord had let his wrath loose on the tribes of Israel.

בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And they said, See, every year there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh, which is to the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway which goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

בְּשִׁל֜וֹ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

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

בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.

בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible

בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”