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14 So the survivors of the tribe of Benjamin[a] returned at that time, and the Israelis[b] gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the raid on[c] Jabesh-gilead. Even so, there weren’t enough for them.

15 The people felt sorry for the tribe of Benjamin because the Lord had broken one of the tribes of Israel. 16 So the elders of the congregation asked, “What will we do to obtain wives for the survivors, since the women of Benjamin have been devastated?”

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  1. Judges 21:14 The Heb. lacks the survivors of the tribe of
  2. Judges 21:14 Lit. and they
  3. Judges 21:14 Lit. the women of