וְעַתָּ֡ה תְּנוּ֩ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֜עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּגִּבְעָה֙ וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה רָעָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א אָבוּ֙ [בְּנֵ֣י] בִּנְיָמִ֔ן לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ בְּק֖וֹל אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.’ But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
Tractate Soferim
The following words are to be read but are not written [in the text]: the children of;52In Judg. 20, 13. Euphrates;53In 2 Sam. 8, 3. man;54In 2 Sam. 16, 23. as;55ibid. XVIII, 20. V incorrectly בן for כן. his sons;562 Kings 19, 37. of hosts;57ibid. 31. come;58In Jer. 31, 38 (some edd. 37). thereof;59In Jer. 50, 29. V incorrectly lo’ for lah. unto me;60In Ruth 3, 5. to me.61ibid. 17.