The Crime of the Benjamites
Judges 19:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
- KJV
- And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
- WEB
- He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
- ASV
- And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
- LSV
- And he says to his young man, “Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
- YLT
- And he saith to his young man, 'Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
- DBY
- And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
- DRC
- And when I shall come thither, we will lodge there, or at least in the city of Rama.
- GNV
- And he said vnto his seruant, Come, and let vs drawe neere to one of these places, that wee may lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.
- JPS
- And he said unto his servant: 'Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'
- LXXE
- And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama.
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- Written (Ketiv): לֵךְ (“come”). Read aloud (Qere): לְכָ֥ה (“come”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads לְךָ֥; read aloud (Qere) reads לְכָ֥ה (“come”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ לְךָ֥ וְנִקְרְבָ֖ה בְּאַחַ֣ד הַמְּקֹמ֑וֹת וְלַ֥נּוּ בַגִּבְעָ֖ה א֥וֹ בָרָמָֽה׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἶπε τῷ νεανίᾳ αὐτοῦ, δεῦρο καὶ ἐγγίσωμεν ἑνὶ τῶν τόπων, καὶ αὐλισθησόμεθα ἐν Γαβαᾷ ἢ ἐν Ῥαμᾷ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 18:25–26Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
- Hosea 5:8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- 1 Samuel 10:26Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- Isaiah 10:29They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
- Joshua 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
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