World English Bible
"This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.""
— Judges 21:11, World English Bible
“And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.”
“And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. ”
“Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has experienced a man’s bed. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.”
“And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.”
“And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.”
“And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.”
They said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?" Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man."
They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.