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Judges 21:14-16
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14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites[a] gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around.[b]

15 The people regretted what had happened to[c] Benjamin because the Lord had weakened[d] the Israelite tribes. 16 The leaders[e] of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left?[f] After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:14 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Judges 21:14 tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”
  3. Judges 21:15 tn Or “felt sorry for.”
  4. Judges 21:15 tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached.
  5. Judges 21:16 tn Or “elders.”
  6. Judges 21:16 tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”
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