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The Benjaminites Saved from Extinction

21 Now the Israelites had sworn at Mizpah, “No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin.”(A) And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.(B) They said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?”

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Wives for the Benjamites

21 The men of Israel had taken an oath(A) at Mizpah:(B) “Not one of us will give(C) his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”

The people went to Bethel,[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(D) from Israel today?”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:2 Or to the house of God