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Judges 21:16-18
International Standard Version
Judges 21:16-18
International Standard Version
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?” 17 They continued, “Let’s make sure that there’s an inheritance for the survivors of the tribe of Benjamin, so that a tribe won’t be blotted out from Israel. 18 But we can’t give them wives from our own daughters, since we’ve[a] taken this vow: ‘May the Lord curse[b] anyone who gives his daughter as[c] a wife to the tribe of Benjamin!’”
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- Judges 21:18 Lit. since the Israelis had
- Judges 21:18 Lit. vow: ‘Cursed be
- Judges 21:18 The Heb. lacks his daughter as
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