5 Then Bnei-Yisrael asked, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up to the assembly before Adonai?” For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who did not come up to Adonai at Mizpah saying, “He will surely be put to death.”
6 Now Bnei-Yisrael felt sorry for Benjamin their brother and said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
7 What should we do about providing wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by Adonai not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?”
8 Then they inquired, “Which one of the tribes of Israel that did not go up to Adonai at Mizpah?” Then behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
9 For when the people were numbered, behold not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.
10 So the congregation sent 12,000 valiant warriors there, and commanded them saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
11 Now this is the thing that you will do: you are to utterly destroy every male and every woman who has lain with a man.”