17The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
17The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
14 So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.
15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a gap in the tribes of Israel.
16 And the elders of the assembly said, "With the women of Benjamin destroyed, how shall we provide wives for the men who are left?
17 The Benjamite survivors must have heirs," they said, "so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
18 We can't give them our daughters as wives, since we Israelites have taken this oath: 'Cursed be anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite.'
19 But look, there is the annual festival of the LORD in Shiloh, to the north of Bethel, and east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of Lebonah."
21:17And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
21:17And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
21:17And they said, |There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
21:17They said, |There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
21:17And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party is to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
21:17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.