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Judges 21:15-17
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15 The people regretted what had happened to[a] Benjamin because the Lord had weakened[b] the Israelite tribes. 16 The leaders[c] of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left?[d] After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out. 17 The[e] remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.[f]

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  1. Judges 21:15 tn Or “felt sorry for.”
  2. Judges 21:15 tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached.
  3. Judges 21:16 tn Or “elders.”
  4. Judges 21:16 tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”
  5. Judges 21:17 tn The Hebrew text has “and they said” at the beginning of the verse. For stylistic reasons the translation treats v. 17 as a continuation of the remarks of the leaders in v. 16.
  6. Judges 21:17 tn Heb “An inheritance for the remnant belonging to Benjamin, and a tribe from Israel will not be wiped away.” The first statement lacks a verb. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “How can an inheritance remain for the remnant of Benjamin?”
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