Judges 21:1

A Decision Is Made About The Tribe Of Benjamin

¹ The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, "Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite." ² So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.

Men of Israel

People of Israel

Benjamin

Israel

Israelites

Mizpah

Mizpeh

No

Judges 20:1

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 21:18

But we can't allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, 'Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!'

Exodus 34:12-16

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

Deuteronomy 7:2-3

and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

Judges 11:30-31

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Judges 20:8

All Israel rose up in unison and said, "Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

Judges 20:10

We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel."

Judges 21:5

The Israelites asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?" They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed.

Judges 21:7

How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord's name not to give them our daughters as wives."

1 Samuel 14:24

Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!" So no one in the army ate anything.

1 Samuel 14:28-29

Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired."

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

Jeremiah 4:2

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."

Mark 6:23

He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

Acts 23:12

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Romans 10:2

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.