Judges 21:24 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

At that time, the Israelites left that place and went back home. Each person returned to their own tribe and family, going back to the land that belonged to them.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes the Israelites finally going back to their homes and families after dealing with a terrible civil war and its aftermath.

📚 Historical Context

This verse concludes the tragic story of the civil war against the tribe of Benjamin, which nearly wiped them out. After the brutal conflict and the controversial solution to find wives for the surviving Benjamite men, the nation was finally able to disperse and return to normal life. This marks the end of one of the darkest periods in the book of Judges.

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So the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan and headed back to the region of Gilead, to the land that belonged to them—the land they had received just as the LORD had promised through Moses.

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We will not go back to our homes until every single Israelite has received the land that belongs to them.

Joshua 22:4

Now the LORD your God has given your brothers the peace and rest he promised them. So go back home to your tents and to the land that belongs to you—the land that Moses, the LORD's servant, gave you on the other side of the Jordan River.

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