## Rashi on Judges Chapter 21

###### Rashi on Judges 21:3:1
[Rashi on Judges 21:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/21:3:1)

**לְהִפָּקֵד.** לְהִגָּרַע:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Will be eliminated** Removed.¹

footnotes:
¹ פקד is sometimes translated as “remembered” (Bereishis, 50:25). Here, however, the translation is “removed,” or “eliminated.”


###### Rashi on Judges 21:6:1
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**וַיִּנָּחֲמוּ.** שָׁבוּ לַחֲשֹׁב עֲלֵיהֶם מַחְשֶׁבֶת פְּלֵיטָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Were regretful** They reversed themselves,² and contemplated escape for them.

footnotes:
² וַיִנָּחֲמוּ is translated as “they regretted,” rather than “they were comforted.”


###### Rashi on Judges 21:12:1
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**אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת.** נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה הוֹשִׁיבוּם עַל פִּי חָבִיּוֹת שֶׁל יַיִן, בְּעוּלָה רֵיחָהּ נוֹדֵף, בְּתוּלָה אֵין רֵיחָהּ נוֹדֵף:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Four hundred virgin maids** They placed them over the openings of wine barrels. Those with carnal knowledge emitted an aroma, the virgins did not.³

footnotes:
³ Yevamos, 60:b.


###### Rashi on Judges 21:14:1
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**וְלֹא מָצְאוּ לָהֶם.** לֹא סִפְּקוּ לָהֶם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**This did not satisfy** They were insufficient for them.


###### Rashi on Judges 21:17:1
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**יְרֻשַּׁת פְּלֵיטָה.** נַחֲלַת הַשֵּׁבֶט נִשְׁאֲרָה רֵיקָנִית, הָבוּ עֵצָה שֶׁיּוֹלִידוּ בָנִים וְיַחֲזִיקוּ בְּנַחֲלָתָם הַפְּלֵיטָה הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת, וְלֹא יִמָּחֶה שֵׁבֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The survivors must inherit the ancestral property** The tribe's ancestral property remains unclaimed; let us devise a plan whereby they may father children, so that the property will fall into the possession of the remaining survivors, and a tribe will not be obliterated from Yisroel.


###### Rashi on Judges 21:19:1
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**מִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לַמְסִלָּה.** בְּמִזְרָחָהּ שֶׁל מְסִלָּה, שִׁילֹה בִּצְפוֹנָהּ שֶׁל בֵּית אֵל וּבִדְרוֹמָהּ שֶׁל לְבוֹנָה, וּבְמִזְרָחָהּ שֶׁל מְסִלָּה הָעוֹלָה מִבֵּית אֵל שְׁכֶמָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**East [lit. "sunrise"] of the road.** To the east of the road. Shiloh was north of Beis El, south of Levonah, and east of the road ascending from Beis El to Shechem.


###### Rashi on Judges 21:22:1
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**לָרִיב אֵלֵינוּ.** לָלֶכֶת אֵלֵינוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To fight us** To go to war against us.


###### Rashi on Judges 21:22:2
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**וְאָמַרְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם חָנּוּנוּ אוֹתָם.** רִחַמְנוּ עֲלֵיהֶם כִּי אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מַה לַּעֲשׂוֹת, ׳כִּי לֹא לָקַחְנוּ אִישׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה׳ שֶׁל יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד אֶלָּא לְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ מֵהֶם, וְאִם עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה אַתֶּם מַקְפִּידִים, לֹא עָוֹן לָכֶם בַּדָּבָר ׳כִּי לֹא אַתֶּם נְתַתֶּם לָהֶם׳ אֶת בְּנוֹתֵיכֶם שֶׁתְּהֵא לָכֶם אַשְׁמָה בַּדָּבָר וְשָׁלוֹם לָכֶם אַל תִּירָאוּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**We shall tell them we were merciful with them.** We were merciful with them because they did not know what to do, as we could not provide each of these men with a wife at the time of the war with Yoveish Gilod, except for four hundred of them. And if it is your oath that disturbs you, there is nothing sinful here on your part, since you were not the ones who provided them with your daughters, so that you would now be blameworthy. Peaceful salutations, have no fear!