NET Bible
"How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”"
— Judges 21:7, NET Bible
“How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
“How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? ”
“How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"”
“Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.”
“What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.”
“How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace.
The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed.
The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!
How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
So they asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.
When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.
So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them,“Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.