Juízes 21:5

5 Os israelitas perguntaram: “Quem dentre todas as tribos de Israel deixou de vir à assembleia perante o SENHOR?” Pois tinham feito um juramento solene de que qualquer que deixasse de se reunir perante o SENHOR em Mispá seria morto.

Juízes 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 21:5

And the children of Israel said
One to another, after they had offered their sacrifices, and while they were together in Shiloh:

who is there among all the tribes of Israel, that came not up with the
congregation unto the Lord?
when they were summoned to come to Mizpeh, to consult together about the affair of the Levite's concubine, as appears by what follows:

for they had made a great oath;
in a very awful and solemn manner, with a curse annexed to it, as that about not giving a wife to Benjamin, ( Judges 21:18 )

concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh:
not about him who did not go out to battle against Benjamin, nor about every individual that did not come to consult about it; but every city that did not send their proper representatives or quota to assist in that affair:

he shall surely be put to death;
this was sent along with the summons, in order to quicken their attention to them.

Juízes 21:5 In-Context

3 “Ó SENHOR Deus de Israel”, lamentaram, “por que aconteceu isso em Israel? Por que teria que faltar hoje uma tribo em Israel?”

4 Na manhã do dia seguinte, o povo se levantou cedo, construiu um altar e apresentou holocaustos e ofertas de comunhão.

5 Os israelitas perguntaram: “Quem dentre todas as tribos de Israel deixou de vir à assembleia perante o SENHOR?” Pois tinham feito um juramento solene de que qualquer que deixasse de se reunir perante o SENHOR em Mispá seria morto.

6 Os israelitas prantearam pelos seus irmãos benjamitas. “Hoje uma tribo foi eliminada de Israel”, diziam.

7 “Como poderemos conseguir mulheres para os sobreviventes, visto que juramos pelo SENHOR não lhes dar em casamento nenhuma de nossas filhas?”