¹⁷ ·These men must have children to continue their families [^LThe survivors of Benjamin must have heirs/an inheritance] so a tribe in Israel will not ·die [be wiped/blotted] out. ¹⁸ But we cannot allow our daughters to marry them, because ·we swore [^Lthe sons/^Tchildren of Israel had sworn], ‘Anyone who gives a wife to ·a man of Benjamin [^LBenjamin] is cursed.’ ¹⁹ ·We have an idea [^LLook; ^TBehold]! There is a yearly festival of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of the city of Bethel, east of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem, and south of the city of Lebonah.”