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Judges 21:15-18
The Message
Judges 21:15-18
The Message
15 The people felt bad for Benjamin; God had left out Benjamin—the missing piece from the Israelite tribes.
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16-18 The elders of the congregation said, “How can we get wives for the rest of the men, since all the Benjaminite women have been killed? How can we keep the inheritance alive for the Benjaminite survivors? How can we prevent an entire tribe from extinction? We certainly can’t give our own daughters to them as wives.” (Remember, the Israelites had taken the oath: “Cursed is anyone who provides a wife to Benjamin.”)
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