JUDGES 21:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.”
Israel specifies that all men and non-virgin women are killed. The phrase "woman that hath lain with man" suggests virginity becomes the survival criterion. This distinction reveals the true goal: obtaining women without securing consent. Genocide is the means to reproductive end: Jabesh-gilead's virgin women will become Benjamin's wives.
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