Jueces 21:12

12 Entre los habitantes de Jabes de Galaad, encontraron a cuatrocientas muchachas vírgenes, que nunca se habían acostado con un hombre, y las llevaron al campamento en Silo, que está en la tierra de Canaán.

Jueces 21:12 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:12

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four
hundred young virgins
Or damsel virgins ^F5; damsels that were virgins: that had known no man by lying with any male: which was judged of by their age, and by their unmarried state, and by common report, unless it can be thought they were examined by matrons; but how it was that they were not obliged, or did not think themselves obliged by their oath to put these to death, as well as others, is not easy to say; whether they thought the necessity of the case would excuse it, or they had a dispensation from the Lord for it, on consulting him; however, so it was:

and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of
Canaan;
this is observed because that Jabeshgilead was not in the land of Canaan, from whence they were brought, but in the land of Og king of Bashan; only what was on this side Jordan was the land of Canaan, and in that Shiloh was, to which they were brought; and this shows that not the city Bethel, but Shiloh, was the place whither the people or army of Israel came to offer sacrifice after the war was ended.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hlwtb hren) "puellam viginem", Montanus; "puellas virgines", Pagninus, Tigurine version, Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jueces 21:12 In-Context

10 Entonces la asamblea envió a doce mil de sus mejores guerreros a Jabes de Galaad con órdenes de matar a todos los habitantes, entre ellos mujeres y niños.

11 «Lo que harán —les dijeron— es destruir por completo
a todos los varones y a las mujeres que no sean vírgenes».

12 Entre los habitantes de Jabes de Galaad, encontraron a cuatrocientas muchachas vírgenes, que nunca se habían acostado con un hombre, y las llevaron al campamento en Silo, que está en la tierra de Canaán.

13 Así que la asamblea de Israel envió una delegación de paz a los hombres que habían quedado de Benjamín, y que estaban viviendo en la roca de Rimón.

14 Entonces los hombres de Benjamín volvieron a sus hogares y recibieron como esposas a las cuatrocientas mujeres de Jabes de Galaad, a quienes se les había perdonado la vida. Pero no hubo suficientes mujeres para todos los hombres.