And the children of Israel [a]were sorry for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

How shall we do for wives to them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Also they said, is there any of the tribes of Israel that [b]came not up to Mizpah to the Lord? and behold, there came none of Jabesh Gilead unto the host, and to the Congregation.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 21:6 Or, repented that they had destroyed their brethren, as appeareth verse 15.
  2. Judges 21:8 Condemning them to be favors of vice, which would not put their hand to punish it.

Now the Israelites grieved for the tribe of Benjamin, their fellow Israelites. “Today one tribe is cut off from Israel,” they said. “How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath(A) by the Lord not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?” Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead(B) had come to the camp for the assembly.

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