Judges 21:17
“And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that bee escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.”
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Judges 21:17 Context
15And the people repented them for Beniamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 16¶ Then the Elders of the Congregation said, How shall we doe for wiues for them that remaine? seeing the women are destroyed out of Beniamin. 17And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that bee escaped of Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 18Howbeit wee may not giue them wiues of our daughters. For the children of Israel haue sworne, saying, Cursed be he that giueth a wife to Beniamin. 19Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yerely, in a place which is on the Northside of Bethel on the East side of the hie way that goeth vp from Bethel to Shechem, and on the South of Lebanon.
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Other Translations for Judges 21:17
And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
- King James Version
They said, "{There must be} an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
- Basic English Bible
And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.
- Darby Bible
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
They said, "There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
- World English Bible
And they say, `A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 21:17
21:17 An inheritance - The inheritance promised by Jacob and Moses, and given by Joshua to the tribe of Benjamin, doth all of it belong to those few who remain of that tribe, and cannot be possessed by any other tribe; and therefore we are obliged to procure wives for them all, that they may make up this breach, and be capable of possessing and managing all their land: that this tribe, and their inheritance may not be confounded with, or swallowed up by any of the rest.