Judges 21:5-7

EasyEnglish Bible

⁵ Then the Israelites asked, ‘Which people from Israel's tribes did not join us when we all met together at Mizpah?’ They asked this because they had made a serious promise at Mizpah. They had said, ‘We must punish with death anyone who does not join us here to meet with the Lord.’

⁶ The Israelites were very upset about what had happened to Benjamin's tribe. They said, ‘We have destroyed a whole tribe of Israel. They were our relatives. ⁷ How can we find women to marry the few men who are left? We all made a serious promise to the Lord that we would not let them marry our daughters.’