The Sons of Israel Sworn at Mizpah, None of Us Will Give His Daughter in Marriage to Benjamin

The men of israel had sworn at mizpah, none of us shall give his daughter in marriage to benjamin. So the congregation sent 12 thousand of their bravest men there and commanded them go and strike the inhabitants of jabesh gilead with the edge of the sword. And they found 400 young virgins who had not known man by lying with him. This is what you shall do, every male and every woman that has lain with a male, you shall utterly destroy. Then the whole congregation sent word to the ben Benjamin ites who were at the rock of ramon, and proclaimed peace to them. The people arose early and built there an altar and offered