Judges 21:17

They added, “There have to be heirs for the Benjamite survivors—an Israelite tribe of Israel can't be wiped out.

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In The King James Version

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

In Context

16The elders of the assembly asked, “What shall we do to supply the remaining wives because all the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

18But we can't let them have our daughters as wives, since we as the people of Israel swore a sacred oath, saying, ‘Anyone who gives a wife to a Benjamite is cursed!’”

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Cross References

Numbers 26:55The land has to be divided up by casting lots. Everyone shall receive their allotted land based on the name of their ancestor's tribe.

Matthew Henry on Judges 21:17-25

The Virgins of Shiloh Surprised. ( b. c. 1409.) 16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the… Read the whole commentary →

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