World English Bible
"They said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel."
— Judges 21:17, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Then the elders of the congregation said, "How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"
They said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, 'Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.'"
They said, "Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah."
They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,