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Jeremiah 41:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven,…” at Jeremiah 41:5 as a specific part of “Ishmael Murders Gedaliah and Others at Mizpah.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 41:1–10
Read Jeremiah 41:5 after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven,…” at Jeremiah 41:5 as a specific part of “Ishmael Murders Gedaliah and Others at Mizpah.” Preserve this limit: Political violence, deception, massacre, and hostage-taking are narrated, not endorsed; victims must not become plot devices.
Why It Needs Context
Jeremiah 41:1–10 gives Jeremiah 41:5 its literary owner and outcome. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven,…” at Jeremiah 41:5 as a specific part of “Ishmael Murders Gedaliah and Others at Mizpah.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 41:1–10 — Ishmael Murders Gedaliah and Others at MizpahSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 41:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 41:1–10
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