7. What should we do about wives for the survivors? We’ve sworn to the Lord not to give them any of our daughters as wives.”
8. They asked, “Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord at Mizpah? ” It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.
9. For when the people were counted, no one was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
10. The congregation sent 12,000 brave warriors there and commanded them: “Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and children.
11. This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every female who has slept with a man.”
12. They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young women, who had not had sexual relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.