Catholic Public Domain Version
"and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel. "
— Judges 21:17, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. ”
“They said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.”
“The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.”
“And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.”
“And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,”
“And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.”
And the sons of Benjamin went, at that time, and wives were given to them from the daughters of Jabesh-Gilead. But others were not found, whom they might give in a similar manner.
And all of Israel was very saddened, and they did penance for destroying one tribe out of Israel.
And those greater by birth said: “What shall we do with the remainder, those who have not received wives? For all the females of Benjamin have been cut down,
and we must take great care, and make provision with a very great diligence, so that one tribe may not be wiped away from Israel.
As for our own daughters, we are not able to give them, being bound by an oath and a curse, when we said, ‘Accursed is he who will give any of his daughters to Benjamin as a wife.’ ”
And they took counsel, and they said, “Behold, there is a yearly solemnity of the Lord at Shiloh, which is situated to the north of the city of Bethel, and on the eastern side of the way that one takes from Bethel to Shechem, and to the south of the town of Lebonah.”
And they instructed the sons of Benjamin, and they said: “Go, and hide in the vineyards.