Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the sons of Israel, having been led to repentance over their brother Benjamin, began to say: “One tribe has been taken away from Israel. "
— Judges 21:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.”
“And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. ”
“The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.”
“The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!”
“And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.”
“And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.”
“And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.”
“Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?”
Then, rising at first light on the next day, they built an altar. And they offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings there, and they said,
“Who, out of all the tribes of Israel, did not ascend with the army of the Lord?” For they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were at Mizpah, that whoever was not present would be slain.
And the sons of Israel, having been led to repentance over their brother Benjamin, began to say: “One tribe has been taken away from Israel.
From where shall they receive wives? For we have all sworn in common that we will not give our daughters to them.”
For this reason, they said, “Who is there, out of all the tribes of Israel, that did not ascend to the Lord at Mizpah?” And behold, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead were found not to have been among that army.
(Likewise, in the time when they had been at Shiloh, not one of them was found to be there.)