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What can be done to provide wives for those who remain? We have sworn by the Lord not to give any of our daughters to them as wives.”

So then they asked, “Was there anyone from the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the Lord at Mizpah?” They found that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the assembly at the camp. In fact, when the roll call had been taken, not a man was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead.

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“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. For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.

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