Judges 21:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ and prayed, “Our Lord, you are the God of Israel. Why did you let this happen? Now one of our tribes is almost gone.”

⁴ Early the next morning, the Israelites built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the Lord and to ask his blessing.^{[a] 5} Then they asked each other, “Did any of the tribes of Israel fail to come to the place of worship? We made a sacred promise that anyone who didn't come to the meeting at Mizpah would be put to death.”