Verse 18
Judges 21:18
Noah Webster Bible
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But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֥א נוּכַ֛ל לָ/תֵת לָ/הֶ֥ם נָשִׁ֖ים מִ/בְּנוֹתֵ֑י/נוּ כִּֽי נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אָר֕וּר נֹתֵ֥ן אִשָּׁ֖ה לְ/בִנְיָמִֽן
English Translation
And we cannot give them our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
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Chapter 21 Context
1
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Be...
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And the people came to the house of God (Elohim), and abode there till evening before God (Elohim),...
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And said, O LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to...
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4
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered...
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5
And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with t...
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6
And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off...
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How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not g...
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8
And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? and...
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9
For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
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10
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, sayin...
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11
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that ha...
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12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that had known no m...
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13
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimm...
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14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the wom...
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15
And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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16
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the...
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17
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be...
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18
But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cur...
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Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the nor...
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20
Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards;
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21
And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the...
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And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to us to complain, that we will say to th...
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And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that da...
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And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, a...
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In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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