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21 ¶ Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, None of us shall give his daughter unto those of Benjamin to wife.

And the people came to the house of God and abode there until the evening before God and lifted up their voices and wept sore

and said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?

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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